the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
growing trees themselves.
wooded land.
wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof.
Nautical. (in a ship's frame) one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber.
Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
verb (used with object)
to furnish with timber.
to support with timber.
verb (used without object)
to fell timber, especially as an occupation.
interjection
a lumberjack's call to warn those in the vicinity that a cut tree is about to fall to the ground.
Origin of timber
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English: originally, “house, building material, wood, trees”; cognate with German Zimmer “room,” Old Norse timbr “timber”; akin to Gothic timrjan “to build,” Greek démein “to build,” dómos “house,” Latin domus “house,” Slavic (Polish ) dom, “house, home,” Sanskrit dáma- “house, building”; see dome
Here in Alaska, many moose hunters frequent old burned timber stands, and these are littered with dead small trees and debris that can damage an ATV pretty easily if you’re not careful.
Six ways to make your ATV even more rugged|By Tyler Freel/Outdoor Life|September 17, 2020|Popular Science
It also would reinstate timber severance taxes, which are based on the value of the trees that are logged.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry|by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|September 2, 2020|ProPublica
His bill died after the timber industry opposed defunding the institute.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry|by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|September 2, 2020|ProPublica
In a story published in June, the three news organizations found that the state’s largest timber companies received billions of dollars in tax cuts since the 1990s.
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Calls for Audit After Our Reporting on a State Institute That Lobbied for the Timber Industry|by Tony Schick, OPB, and Rob Davis, The Oregonian/OregonLive|September 2, 2020|ProPublica
At the same time a surge in home renovations and do-it-yourself home projects during the pandemic—just look at the earnings of Home Depot and Lowe’s—and rebounding home construction have increased the demand for timber.
‘Severe lumber shortage’ is adding $14,000 to the cost of a new home|Lance Lambert|August 31, 2020|Fortune
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Despite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Though the company imports its wood from a timber supplier, they cut and process it.