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timber (TIM buhr) (noun)
1. Trees or wooded land considered as a source of wood: "There is a fine stand of timber on that mountain."
2. Wood used as a building material; lumber: "We went to the lumber yard and ordered the timber needed to build the shed."
3. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure: "I used a nail to fasten the timber to the frame as we were building the shed."
2. Wood used as a building material; lumber: "We went to the lumber yard and ordered the timber needed to build the shed."
3. A dressed piece of wood, especially a beam in a structure: "I used a nail to fasten the timber to the frame as we were building the shed."
timbre (TAM buhr, TIM buhr) (noun)
The combination of qualities of a sound that distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch and volume: "The timbre of the singer's voice enchanted me because it was so resonant."
His wife laughed at him when he was hammering the timber on to the front porch. He was singing at the time; and she said, the timbre of his voice was enough to scare away the crows.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: matter, stuff, wood, timber; of or belonging to matter)