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timber
Part of speech: NounThe body or stem of a tree; wood suitable for carpentry, bulldings, shipbuilding, etc.; a large piece of wood prepared for use in building or already in place; wooded land, as forests.
Part of speech: VerbTo furnish or construct with wood suitable for building, etc.
Usage examples "timber":- This is corroberated by some old timber trees, long since upon the spot where the building stood. - "An History of Birmingham (1783)", William Hutton.
- The application of a little common salt on rich alluvial soils, is a great advantage in growing timber. - "Soil Culture", J. H. Walden.
- I engaged a gang of men to cut the timber for the dam, and to have it ready; and, with the next spring, we were well at work on the dam and on the flies! - "The-Brick-Moon-and-Other-Stories", Hale, Edward Everett.