Meaning & use
timber
Wood that has been cut and prepared for use in building or carpentry.
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The barn was built entirely from local timber more than a century ago.
Loggers hauled the fallen timber down the mountain on flatbed trucks.
A note on using this word
American English distinguishes "timber," standing trees or heavy wood, from "lumber," wood cut into boards.
Words with a similar meaning
lumberwood
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