timber wood

Trees for construction

Timber wood is wood suitable for building or carpentry—trees or logs that can be processed into lumber for construction.

The phrase is somewhat redundant, since timber already means wood for building purposes, but it emphasizes the material aspect: The cabin was built from solid timber wood.

The term appears in contexts distinguishing structural wood from decorative or fuel wood.

Related

oak · flooring · construction · pine · reforestation · tree farm · cedar · seasoning · chiseling · veneering · roofing · sustainability · log cabin · fencing · walnut · maple · mahogany · teak

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wood end-use/processing destination

timber woodfirewood

Cut logs for burning

pulpwood · fuelwood · cordwood · kindling · wood chips

material type in construction

timber woodsteel

Carbon-hardened iron alloy

concrete · stone · brick · metal · iron

wood condition/state

timber woodstanding timber

Trees still rooted, marketable

green wood · deadfall · slash · lumber

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G