timber

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1 [uncountableU] British EnglishBrEHBPTIM wood used for building or making things 木材，原木 SYN American English lumber

a bench made of timber

木制长椅

2 [uncountableU] trees that produce wood used for building or making things 〔用于建筑和制作物品的〕树木，林木

the timber trade

林木业

3. [countableC]TBC a wooden beam, especially one that forms part of the main structure of a house 〔尤指构成房屋主要结构的〕栋木，大梁

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timber• After lying deserted it became a timber factory for a while in the 1960s.• Adjustable shelving is still a very popular choice; timber and glass shelves are ideal for displaying ornaments.• It provided grazing land, timber, fruits and fuel, while remaining an undamaged wildlife habitat.• But it was no better outside: midges boiled in clouds out of the sodden peat around the saw-bed and the timber stacks.• But government departments have no method of discovering the origin of the timber and paper that they use.• You can then treat the timber by spraying or brushing on two generous coats, working backwards towards the loft hatch.• Along the length of the railway line were timber yards, rope works, maltings and an iron foundry.

timber!

spokenTAF used to warn people that a tree being cut down is about to fall 大树要倒啦！〔用来警告人们所伐树木快要倒下〕

From Longman Business Dictionary

timbertim·ber /ˈtɪmbə-ər/ noun [uncountableU] especially British EnglishBrE

wood used for building or making things, or the trees that produce this woodSYN AmE lumber

The region has huge exports of timber.

Origin timber

Old English “building, wood”

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