0 trees that are grown so that the wood from them can be used for building:
1 shouted when a tree that has been cut is about to fall
2 wood from trees that is used for building, or trees grown for this use:
[ U ] The houses were constructed of timber and whitewashed clay.
3 wood that has been specially produced for use in the building industry:
Houses at the eco-friendly retirement complex are made from sustainable timber and stone that has been quarried locally.
Our aim is to boost the state's timber industry by $5 billion over the next 10 years.
timber sales/production/harvesting
We use a timber preservative regularly.
In the international context, world trade in hardwood timbers until the 1960s was still dominated by the production of temperate regions.
About 20 percent were busy placing roof support timbers and masonry.
The illustration shows timbers halved at the joints which would weaken them considerably and it is impossible for all the eight beams shown to be continuous.
Seventeenth-century commentators were instead interested in the novelty of the structure in comparison with existing framing techniques: its long span, lack of height and use of small timbers.
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madera, árbol maderero [masculine], madera [feminine]…
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kereste, kerestelik ağaçlar, kalas…
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bois [masculine] d’œuvre, bois [masculine] de construction, troncs [masculine…
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