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timbers

noun

plural of timber

as in forests

a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area upon our approach the deer disappeared back into the timber from whence it had come

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as in lumber

tree logs as prepared for human use needed a new load of timber to finish building the house

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Recent Examples of timbers The spa The spa is a huge selling point, constructed from natural rock and timbers in the area. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 The splintered timbers, fastened together by rusted iron, emerged near an area where remains believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a wooden schooner lost in 1884, have been found before. — CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Inside, aged timbers spanning the 23-foot-tall great room’s truss-work came from the craftspeople at Historic Woodworks in nearby Tetonia, Idaho. — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026 In the process, Ownbey discovered support timbers had rotted away, forcing him to bring entire walls to his workshop for meticulous reconstruction. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026 Your bed is suspended on local timbers, yet this is not an Austrian version of the Rocky Mountains. — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The mock Tudor building where it’s housed today was built in 1924 from the timbers of two ancient battleships. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 July 2026 Raised beds are a simple landscaping project that is easy to construct from timbers or kits. — Mary Alice Russell, Southern Living, 13 July 2026 In 1880, Queen Victoria gave President Hayes a desk made of timbers from the HMS Resolute, which sits in the Oval Office today. — New York Times, 11 June 2026

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Lange said preserving forests around reservoirs helps keep drinking water clean while reducing treatment costs for cities and towns.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
The initiative pays developing countries to keep forests standing but has struggled to secure an initial $10 billion by year’s end.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of forests

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The tariffs have hurt Maine because so much of the wood and the lumber that is grown and cut here in Maine is actually shipped up north to Canada to be processed, and then what it is processed as is shipped back across the United States.

— Dustin DeSoto, Vox, 21 Oct. 2026
Pine pulpwood consists of trees ground into paper and packaging, while pine sawtimber is made up of larger trees cut into lumber for homebuilding.

— Kevin Williams, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2026

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