English noun: timber | |||
1. | timber (substance) the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material | ||
Synonyms | lumber | ||
Broader (hypernym) | building material | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | board, plank, planking, stock, strip | ||
Substance holonym | wood | ||
2. | timber (artifact) a beam made of wood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beam | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | coulisse, sternpost, stringer, two-by-four | ||
3. | timber (artifact) a post made of wood | ||
Broader (hypernym) | post | ||
4. | timber (object) land that is covered with trees and shrubs | ||
Synonyms | forest, timberland, woodland | ||
Broader (hypernym) | biome, dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | greenwood, riparian forest, silva, sylva, tree farm | ||
Instance hyponym | Black Forest, Schwarzwald, Sherwood Forest, Wilderness | ||
5. | timber (attribute) (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | ||
Samples | The timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely. The muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet. | ||
Synonyms | quality, timbre, tone | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sound property | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | color, coloration, colour, colouration, harmonic, nasality, plangency, register, resonance, resonance, reverberance, ringing, shrillness, sonority, sonorousness, stridence, stridency, vibrancy | ||
Domain category | music | ||