How do you use the word "timber" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "timber": Canada abounds in timber. Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.

Timber Meaning

/ˈtɪmbə/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounTrees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

nounWood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Sentence Examples

Canada abounds in timber.

Large amounts of timber are used in paper making.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

lumber

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The old barn was constructed from sturdy ____ that resisted decay for years.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The construction crew used large beams of ____ to build the frame of the new house this afternoon today.

Word Origin & History

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”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrument; application; cause, occasion, reason”), Latin domus (“home, house”), Ancient Greek δόμος (dómos, “house; household”), Albanian dhomë (“chamber, room”), Latgalian noms (“house”), Latvian nams (“house”), Lithuanian namas (“house”), Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Russian дом (dom, “home, house”), Czech dům (“house”), Polish, Slovak, and Slovene dom (“home, house”), Serbo-Croatian до̑м, dȏm (“home, house”), Ukrainian дім (dim, “home, house; building”), Armenian տուն (tun, “home, house; family, household”), Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬨 (dam, “house”), Sanskrit दम् (dam, “house”), दम (dama, “home”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Soon, he convinced his uncle to show him how to harvest ash, the local timber that—cut, hauled, sliced, and hand-pounded into thin strips—is typically used." — 2026 May 26, Hannah Martin, “Fancy Baskets”, in Architectural Digest, volume 83, number 4, page 97:

"From the core of the trunk come explosive cracks sounding like rifle-fire. The top of the tree begins swaying drunkenly, as if struggling to keep on its feet. The warning cry "Timber!"" — 1961, Robert S. Close, With Hooves of Brass, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 34:

"The cameras caught the big man crashing to the studio floor. It seemed to take an age for Sticks to hit the deck and as he went down we all chorused "Timberrrr!"" — 1991, Rex Mossop, The Moose That Roared, Sydney: Ironbark Press, page 160:

"For many heads that undertake [learning], were never squared nor timbred for it." — 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, London: Edw. Dod & Nath. Ekins, published 1650, Book I, Chapter 5, p. 14:

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