timber

timber
noun
1) no pl. (wood for building) [Bau]holz, das
2) (type of wood) Holzart, die; Holz, das
3) no pl., no indef. art. (trees) Wald, der
4) (beam, piece of wood) Balken, der; (Naut.) Spant, das
5)

timber! — Baum fällt!; Achtung! (Ausruf bei Holzfällarbeiten)

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['timbə]
noun
1) (wood, especially for building: This house is built of timber.) das Bauholz
2) (trees suitable for this: a hundred acres of good timber.) die Bäume (pl.)
3) (a wooden beam used in the building of a house, ship etc.) der Holzbalken
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tim·ber
[ˈtɪmbəʳ, AM -ɚ]
I. n
1. no pl esp BRIT (wood for building) Bauholz nt, Nutzholz nt
to fell \timber Holz fällen
for \timber für kommerzielle Nutzung
2. (elongated piece of wood) Holzplanke f
II. interj
“\timber!” „Achtung, Baum!“
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['tɪmbə(r)]
1. n
1) Holz nt; (for building) (Bau)holz nt; (= land planted with trees) (Nutz)wald m

to put land under timber — Land mit Bäumen bepflanzen

standing timber — Nutzwald m

timber! — Baum fällt!

2) (= beam) Balken m; (ESP NAUT) Spant nt
3) (HUNT) (Holz)zäune und -gatter pl
4) (US

= character) a man of that timber — ein Mann dieses Kalibers

a woman of presidential timber — eine Frau, die das Zeug zum Präsidenten hat

2. vt
house mit Fachwerk versehen; gallery (in mine) abstützen, verzimmern
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timber [ˈtımbə(r)]
A s
1. (Bau-, Zimmer-, Nutz)Holz n
2. koll (Nutzholz)Bäume pl, Baumbestand m, Wald(bestand) m
3. Br
a) Bauholz n
b) Schnittholz n
4. SCHIFF Inholz n:
timbers pl of a ship Spantenwerk n eines (Holz-)Schiffes
5. fig US Kaliber n, Schlag m:
a man of his timber;
he is of presidential timber er hat das Zeug zum Präsidenten
B v/t
1. (ver)zimmern
2. Holz abvieren
3. einen Graben etc absteifen
C adj Holz…
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noun
1) no pl. (wood for building) [Bau]holz, das
2) (type of wood) Holzart, die; Holz, das
3) no pl., no indef. art. (trees) Wald, der
4) (beam, piece of wood) Balken, der; (Naut.) Spant, das
5)

timber! — Baum fällt!; Achtung! (Ausruf bei Holzfällarbeiten)

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n.
Bauholz -¨er m.
Bauholz n.
Nutzholz -¨er n.

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