timber

n.

1. 1. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood.
   2. Wood used as a building material; lumber.
2. 1. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure.
   2. Nautical. A rib in a ship's frame.
3. A person considered to have qualities suited for a particular activity: That trainee is executive timber.

tr.v., -bered, -ber·ing, -bers.

To support or frame with timbers: timber a mine shaft.

[Middle English, from Old English, building, trees for building.]

noun

1. A large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction: balk, beam, rafter. See matter.
2. The basic substance or essential elements of character that qualify a person for a specified role: material, stuff. See be.

1. Uncut trees or logs that are suitable for conversion to lumber.
2. Wood sawn into balks, battens, boards, etc., suitable for use in carpentry, joinery, and general construction.
3. Square-sawn lumber having: (US) a minimum dimension of 5 in.; (Brit.) approximately equal cross dimensions greater than 4 in. by 4 ½ in. (101.6 mm by 114.3 mm).
4. A heavy wooden beam used as a shoring or bracing system member.

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IN BRIEF: n. - The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.

Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind the stronger the trees. — J. Willard Marriott

Dansk (Danish)
n. - tømmer, træ, gavntræ
v. tr. - tømre, forsyne med tømmer

Nederlands (Dutch)
(timmer)hout, balk, karakter, (met hout) beschoeien

Français (French)
n. - bois de construction, bois de charpente, bois (d'¯uvre), poutre, madrier
v. tr. - soutenir de poutres, étançonner de poutres

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nutzholz, Holz, Wald, Balken, Aufforstung
v. - verzimmern, abvieren, täfeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ξυλεία, δάσος, δασώδης έκταση, δέντρα κατάλληλα για υλοτόμηση

Italiano (Italian)
legname da costruzione, trave

Português (Portuguese)
n. - madeira (f), mata (f), florestamento (m), prancha (f)

Русский (Russian)
древесина, лесоматериал, пиломатериал, лес (в смысле промышл. использования), балка, бревно, бревно, (разг.) личное качество, достоинство

Español (Spanish)
n. - madera, árboles maderables, viga, madero
v. tr. - enmaderar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - timmer, trä, virke

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
木材, 木料, 用木材建造

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 木材, 木料
v. tr. - 用木材建造

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재목, 삼림, 들보감
v. tr. - ~에 재목을 공급하다, 재목으로 짓다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 材木, 樹林, 立ち木, 性格, 梁, 肋材, 人柄, 素質

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) خشب, غابات, أشجار‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עצים, עצה, עצי-בנייה, עצי-נגרות, קורה, תכונות, סגולות, קריאת אזהרה על נפילת עץ‬
v. tr. - ‮סיפק עצים, תמך באמצעות עצים‬

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timber buyer	Mackinaw Timber Building
timber rattlers	Slumberjack Little Timber