- [uncountable]
trees that are grown to be used in building or for making things （用于建筑或制作物品的）树木，林木；用材林 the timber industry 林木业
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + timber- cut
- fell
- harvest
- …
- company
- industry
- production
- …
- [uncountable] (especially British English) (also lumber especially in North American English)
wood that is prepared for use in building, etc. （建筑等用的）木材，木料 houses built of timber 木屋 a solid timber door 实木门
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- solid
- rough
- …
- length
- piece
- dress
- season
- treat
- …
- decay
- rot
- product
- merchant
- yard
- …
- [countable, usually plural]
a long heavy piece of wood used in building a house or ship （建造房屋用的）大木料，栋木；（造船用的）肋材 roof timbers 房檩 The house has exposed oak timbers. 房子的橡木料露在外面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- heavy
- exposed
- roof
- …
- Timber!
used to warn people that a tree that has been cut is about to fall （砍伐树木时喊）放树啦！
Word OriginOld English in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zimmer ‘room’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘build’.