timber

n. trees; logs; wood; qualities, characteristics

v. build with wood; support with wood

Lumber or timber is a term used to describe wood, either standing or that has been processed for use — from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use — as structural  material for construction or wood pulp for paper production. In the U.K. and Australia, "timber" is a term also used for sawn wood products (that is, boards), whereas generally in the United States and Canada, the product of timber cut into boards is referred to as lumber. In the United States and Canada sawn wood products of five inches (127 millimeters) (nominal size) diameter or greater are sometimes called "timbers". Lumber is supplied either rough or finished. Rough lumber is the raw material for furniture making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods. Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry, and is primarily one of a few coniferous (needle-bearing) species such as pine, cedar, hemlock, fir or spruce.
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Noun
1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
(synonym) lumber
(hypernym) building material
(hyponym) stock
(substance-meronym) wood
2. a beam made of wood
(hypernym) beam
(hyponym) coulisse
3. a post made of wood
(hypernym) post
4. land that is covered with trees and shrubs
(synonym) forest, woodland, timberland
(hypernym) land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
(hyponym) Black Forest, Schwarzwald
5. (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"
(synonym) timbre, quality, tone
(hypernym) sound property
(hyponym) resonance
(classification) music

(v. t.)
To surmount as a timber does.
  

(v. t.)
To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
  

(v. i.)
To make a nest.
  

(v. i.)
To light on a tree.
  

(n.)
Woods or forest; wooden land.
  

(n.)
The crest on a coat of arms.
  

(n.)
The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
  

(n.)
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, 3.
  

(n.)
Fig.: Material for any structure.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
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.
  

To see timber in your dreams, is an augury of prosperous times and peaceful surroundings. If the timber appears dead, there are great disappointments for you.

See Forest.