How to pronounce timber
American English pronunciation
TIM-ber
- IPA
- /ˈtɪmbɚ/
- Syllables
- TIM · ber (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What timber means
Wood that is cut and ready for building
In a sentence: The workers stacked the timber beside the frame of the new barn.
Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word for a building or the wood used to build one, from a very old root meaning "to build."
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