timber Definition

growing trees or their wood

—used interjectionally to warn of a falling tree

wood suitable for building or for carpentry

to frame, cover, or support with timbers

the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as

the resonance by which the ear recognizes and identifies a voiced speech sound

the quality of tone distinctive of a particular singing voice or musical instrument

a knot used to secure a line to a log or spar

a widely distributed rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) chiefly of the eastern U.S.

gray wolf; especially : a gray wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) originally of the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada but with a range in the U.S. now restricted to Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin : eastern timber wolf

a place where wooden boards are kept for sale

a gray wolf (Canis lupus lycaon) originally of the eastern U.S. and southeastern Canada but with a range in the U.S. now restricted to Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin

constructed of wood framing with spaces filled with masonry

a large, broad-headed, wide-muzzled wolf (Canis lupus) that has a dense, heavy coat of usually light brown or brownish gray interspersed with black above and yellowish white below and that was formerly widely distributed throughout North America and Eurasia but is now greatly restricted to the more northerly parts of its range —called also timber wolf