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timbered

[ tim-berd ]

adjective

  1. made of or furnished with timber.
  2. covered with growing trees; wooded:

    timbered acres.



ˈtimbered

/ ˈtɪmbəd /

adjective

  1. made of or containing timber or timbers
  2. covered with trees; wooded
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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  • non·timbered adjective
  • over·timbered adjective
  • un·timbered adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of timbered1

First recorded in 1375–1425, timbered is from the late Middle English word timbred. See timber, -ed 3
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Example Sentences

We crossed a stream into a village of timbered white plaster houses, some with pretty wrought-iron balconies.

What Londoner worthy the name does not regret the old crazy, timbered bridge that connected Fulham with Putney?

We were admitted by the keeper, who lives in the dilapidated but delightfully picturesque half-timbered gatehouse.

But there are many of the old portions still remaining and it has numbers of beautiful half-timbered buildings.

"Tombland" and "Strangers' Hall" are the appellations of two of the finest half-timbered buildings that we saw.

But it had been altered to suit the Chinaman's purpose, and one end—that in which the passage came out—was timbered.

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