English Dictionary

timber

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈtɪmbə/

名詞

不可算名詞 アメリカ英語 可算名詞 くだけた表現 古語

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. / (outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

日本語の意味

森林に生える樹木全体（資源としての木材を指す場合） / 既に伐採・加工され、建設などに使われる木材

The company received permission to harvest timber from the protected area, sparking protests from conservationists.

その会社は保護区で木材を伐採する許可を得たことで、環境保護派の抗議を招いた。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

collect timber

意味（2）

(outside Canada, US, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

意味（3）

(countable) 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.

the timbers of a ship

意味（4）

Material for any structure.

意味（5）

(firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

意味（6）

(archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

timbers （ plural ）