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timber

/ˈtɪmbə/TIM-bur
/ˈtɪmbɚ/TIM-bur

Meaningbuilding stuff

Common meaning: wood for building

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√DAM‘build’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 151, p. 735 · scan
  2. Old Englishtimber‘material for building’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishtimbersource
  4. Englishtimber‘wood for building’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English timber ‘building material’.

Roots

  • timber Old English “building material”

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