Timber

What “Timber” means

Noun

1. Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
2. Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
3. A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
4. Material for any structure.
5. The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

Intj

1. Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
2. A cry used when anything is falling over.

Verb

1. To fit with timbers.
2. To construct, frame, build.
3. To light or land on a tree.
4. To make a nest.
5. To surmount as a timber does.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English tymber, from Old English timber, from Proto-West Germanic *timr, from Proto-Germanic *timrą (“building; timber”), from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build; to arrange”) (see Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“home, house”)). Cognates Cognate with Dutch timmer (“building, construction; chamber, room”), German Zimmer (“room, timber”), Luxembourgish Zëmmer (“room”), Yiddish צימער (tsimer, “room”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål tømmer (“timber”), Faroese and Icelandic timbur (“timber, wood”), Norwegian Nynorsk timber, tymbur, tømmer (“timber”), Swedish timmer (“timber”), Gothic 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐌱𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timbrjan), 𐍄𐌹𐌼𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽 (timrjan, “to build, construct; to edify, strengthen”); also Breton danvez (“material, matter; fabric; fortune, wealth”), Cornish devnydh (“inhredient, material, stuff; use”), Irish and Scottish Gaelic damhna (“matter”), Welsh defnydd (“material, stuff; gear, implement, instrume

Business name ideas with “Timber”

Industries where “Timber” fits

We suggest this word for 7 business types and industries, including:

• Furniture Maker
• Hunting Outfitter
• Tree Service
• Woodworking Business
• Custom Architectural Woodwork and Millwork Manufacturing
• Nonupholstered Wood Household Furniture Manufacturing
• Timber Tract Operations