Timber



Same as: timmer
noun
1.
(wood for building houses, ships, etc., growing trees suitable for this, a piece of wood wooded land, a beam used in constructing a house or ship) raise timber ដើមឈើ (សម្រាប់កាប់យកទៅអារធ្វើគ្រឿងសង់ផ្ទះ ។ល។), 12foot timber ធ្នឹម Nautical. boat's timber ធុងទូក
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ឈើ, ឈើសម្រាប់កាប់
verbpast tense: timbered ; past participle: timbered ; present participle: timbering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to build support or cover with timber) timber a house ដាក់ធ្នឹម timber a mountain ដាំឈើ
interjection
1.
(A shouted warning that a tree is about to fall. -timberland, timber forest land covering with timber producing forests) ឈើរលំ! ប្រយ័ត្នឈើរលំហើយ!
Example: The houses are made of timber, Large timbers were used in building the bridge, The timbers burned down.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber.
2.
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
3.
(FIGURATIVE) Material for any structure.
4.
A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
5.
Woods or forest; wooden land.
6.
A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
7.
A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
8.
The crest on a coat of arms.
verbpast tense: timbered ; past participle: timbered ; present participle: timbering ;
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To surmount as a timber does.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
3.
(INTRANSITIVE) To light on a tree.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To make a nest.