Timbernoun
(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
Woodnoun
(uncountable) The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree. Used as a material for construction, to manufacture various items, etc. or as fuel.
âThis table is made of wood.â; âThere was lots of wood on the beach.â;
Timbernoun
Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
Woodnoun
(countable) The wood of a particular species of tree.
âTeak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipĂ©, redwood, etc.â;
Timbernoun
(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
âthe timbers of a shipâ;
Woodnoun
(countable) A forested or wooded area.
âHe got lost in the woods beyond Seattle.â;
Timbernoun
The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
Woodnoun
Firewood.
âWe need more wood for the fire.â;
Timbernoun
(archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.
Woodnoun
A type of golf club, the head of which was traditionally made of wood.
Timberinterjection
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
Woodnoun
(music) A woodwind instrument.
Timberverb
(transitive) To fit with timbers.
âtimbering a roofâ;
Woodnoun
An erection of the penis.
âThat girl at the strip club gave me wood.â;
Timberverb
To construct, frame, build.
Woodnoun
Chess pieces.
Timberverb
To light or land on a tree.
Woodnoun
A peckerwood.
Timberverb
(obsolete) To make a nest.
Woodverb
(transitive) To cover or plant with trees.
Timberverb
(transitive) To surmount as a timber does.
Woodverb
To hide behind trees.
Timbernoun
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; - called also timmer.
Woodverb
(transitive) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.
âto wood a steamboat or a locomotiveâ;
Timbernoun
The crest on a coat of arms.
Woodverb
(intransitive) To take or get a supply of wood.
Timbernoun
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; - usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
âAnd ta'en my fiddle to the gate, . . . And fiddled in the timber!â;
Woodadjective
(obsolete) Mad, insane, crazed.
Timbernoun
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
Woodadjective
Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.
âOur hoste gan to swear as [if] he were wood.â;
Timbernoun
Fig.: Material for any structure.
âSuch dispositions are the very errors of human nature; and yet they are the fittest timber to make politics of.â;
Woodverb
To grow mad; to act like a madman; to mad.
Timbernoun
A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
âSo they prepared timber . . . to build the house.â; âMany of the timbers were decayed.â;
Woodverb
To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for; as, to wood a steamboat or a locomotive.
Timbernoun
Woods or forest; wooden land.
Woodverb
To take or get a supply of wood.
Timbernoun
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
Woodnoun
A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove; - frequently used in the plural.
âLight thickens, and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood.â;
Timberverb
To surmount as a timber does.
Woodnoun
The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous substance which composes the body of a tree and its branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber.
Timberverb
To furnish with timber; - chiefly used in the past participle.
âHis bark is stoutly timbered.â;
Woodnoun
The fibrous material which makes up the greater part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems. It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands called silver grain.
Timberverb
To light on a tree.
Woodnoun
Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
âWe cast the lots . . . for the wood offering.â;
Timberverb
To make a nest.
Woodnoun
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
Timbernoun
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Woodnoun
the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
Timbernoun
a beam made of wood
Woodnoun
United States film actress (1938-1981)
Timbernoun
a post made of wood
Woodnoun
English conductor (1869-1944)
Timbernoun
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Woodnoun
English writer of novels about murders and thefts and forgeries (1814-1887)
Timbernoun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
âthe timbre of her soprano was rich and lovelyâ; âthe muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meetâ;
Woodnoun
United States painter noted for works based on life in the Midwest (1892-1942)
Woodnoun
any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
Woodnoun
a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; metal woods are now available
Woodnoun
the hard fibrous material that forms the main substance of the trunk or branches of a tree or shrub, used for fuel or timber
âa block of woodâ; âbest quality woods were used for joineryâ;
Woodnoun
wooden barrels used for storing alcoholic drinks
âwines from the woodâ;
Woodnoun
a golf club with a wooden or other head that is relatively broad from face to back (often with a numeral indicating the degree to which the face is angled to loft the ball)
âhe hit the ball with a three-woodâ;
Woodnoun
a shot made with a wood
âhe's hitting a wood for his second shotâ;
Woodnoun
another term for bowl (sense 1 of the noun)
Woodnoun
an area of land, smaller than a forest, that is covered with growing trees
âa thick hedge divided the wood from the fieldâ; âa long walk in the woodsâ;
Wood
Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic material â a natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin that resists compression.