Clues for the word "TIMBER"

We've had 44 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 66 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Daily Cryptic crossword on March 18, 2025.

Definition of timber

n. - A certain quantity of fur skins, as of martens, ermines, sables, etc., packed between boards; being in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty; -- called also timmer.
n. - The crest on a coat of arms.
v. t. - To surmount as a timber does.
n. - That sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools, utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like; -- usually said of felled trees, but sometimes of those standing. Cf. Lumber, 3.
n. - The body, stem, or trunk of a tree.
n. - Fig.: Material for any structure.
n. - A single piece or squared stick of wood intended for building, or already framed; collectively, the larger pieces or sticks of wood, forming the framework of a house, ship, or other structure, in distinction from the covering or boarding.
n. - Woods or forest; wooden land.
n. - A rib, or a curving piece of wood, branching outward from the keel and bending upward in a vertical direction. One timber is composed of several pieces united.
v. t. - To furnish with timber; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
v. i. - To light on a tree.
v. i. - To make a nest.