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Added 9 October 2026

timber

/ˈtɪmbə/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about timber at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.
A beam made of wood.
A post made of wood.

Origin

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)).

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