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Timber and lumber are basically wood and they mean the same thing.
Timber/lumber is wood used as building material, or a tree considered as a source of wood instead of as a plant. It can also mean a beam or a person who is a timber, thought the person meaning I've not heard of much.
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Timber is usually the wood as it grows or is felled. Lumber is the wood after it is milled and ready for use.
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 14y agoThere are many uses of timber basically everything can be made out of timber if you input our electrical needs.
*Bridges*Cladding*Decking*Fencing and gates*Landscape architecture*Playground equipment*HousesGiorgiachapmanWiki User
∙ 13y agoWood is used to refer to materials in its natural state,however timber refers to it after it has been modified by men! Wood can be used to produce a fire.On the other hand timber can be used to make a house!
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How are lumber and timber the same thing?
how is lumber and timber the same thing
What is to timber as quarry is to stone analogy?
Timber is to lumber as quarry is to stone because timber is where cut lumber comes from and a quarry is where cut stone comes from.
Why do people still buy timber?
People buy "timber" as an investment. Timber is uncut lumber. People buy lumber because it is an excellent building material and is renewable.
What is timber which is readied called?
Lumber
What is the timber production?
The harvesting and sale of raw lumber\wood (a.k.a. Timber)
What is the name of people who use timber?
Lumber jacks.
How is pressure treated lumber different from regular lumber?
Pressure treated timber is timber impregnated with chromated copper arsenate under pressure and vacuum cycles. These preserve the timber from various fungicides that would normally eat the timber reducing its life-span.
What name is given to someone who fell timber?
A lumber is that person who falls timber. The activity is called lumbering.
Unscramble BULERM to give another name for timber?
lumber
What are some unique features of Maryland?
iron and lumber [timber]
Can you unscramble bulerm to give another name for timber?
The answer is "lumber".
What does lvl mean in timber beams?
Laminated veneer lumber
