Word for the day: timber

timber |ˈtɪm.bə|                                                                   *madera (en Español)

 
DEFINITION

noun [ mass noun ]
1 wood prepared for use in building and carpentry: the exploitation of forests for timber | [ as modifier ] : a small timber building.• trees grown for use in building or carpentry: contracts to cut timber.• [ count noun ] (usu. timbers) a wooden beam or board used in building a house or ship.• [ as exclamation ] used to warn that a tree is about to fall after being cut: we cried ‘Timber!’ as our tree fell.2 [ usu. with adj. ] US informal personal qualities or character: she is frequently hailed as presidential timber.

ORIGIN Old English in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Germanic origin; related toGerman Zimmer ‘room’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘build’.

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