(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) A grassed roof, solar panels to provide hot water, a small lake to catch rainwater which is then recycled, timber cladding for insulation ... even the pitch and floodlights are "deliberately positioned below the level of the surrounding terrain in order to reduce noise and light pollution for the neighbouring population".
(2) Navalny, represented by two defence lawyers, will argue that he did not lead a criminal group to embezzle 16m roubles (£333,000) from Kirovles, a state-run timber firm, while advising the region's liberal governor, Nikita Belykh.
(3) As the houses are lightweight and timber-framed, they don’t need foundations.
(4) RSL trying to get their own flowing passing game going now, but the Timbers looking tenacious in midfield to break it up.
(5) Kitchens will be installed, along with new carpets or timber floors.
(6) Sophie Jackson, of Museum of London Archaeology , said: "The waterlogged conditions left by the Walbrook stream have given us layer upon layer of Roman timber buildings, fences and yards, all beautifully preserved and containing amazing personal items, clothes and even documents – all of which will transform our understanding of the people of Roman London."
(7) An undulating lightweight roof is supported by 211 narrow steel columns, sheltering a glass box holding the cafe and shop, and a chestnut timber-covered box holding the displays.
(8) Along the way he also reached the final of the US Open Cup, and in the MLS Cup dispatched the holders LA Galaxy in the conference semi-finals, before beating Porter’s Timbers in both the home and road legs of the Western final (his team had beaten Portland in the US Open Cup semis too).
(9) While BoKlok houses have a limited choice of colour and cladding types, Persimmon's Space4 arm has come up with more than 1,000 different CAD-designed timber-frame house types.
(10) This station, with its quarter-mile, 300kph trains, a huge cocktail bar, a branch of Foyles stocked with 20,000 titles, a smart Searcy's restaurant and brasserie, independent coffee bars, floors covered in timber and stone rather than sticky British airport-style carpet, new gothic carvings, newly cast gothic door handles, and a nine-metre-high sculpture of lovers meeting under the station clock?
(11) Big names and timber were bracketed under Margaret Thatcher's government in the late 1980s, when private investment was encouraged to promote planting.
(12) Timber revenues funded Charles Taylor’s regime during Liberia’s brutal civil war.
(13) It's up to us to take advantage of it when soccer has inspired our country.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Seattle Sounders' Clint Dempsey leaps in the air after scoring against the Portland Timbers.
(14) Here's what happened the last time these two sides played here in mid-October: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Pinterest close 3.27am GMT Preamble Hello, and welcome to the Western Conference semi-final second leg between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders , in which Portland try to defend a slim lead and Seattle continue their annual quest to make a second leg playoff comeback actually count.
(15) Colbeck told the Australian the protected listing was a “sham” because it locked up areas of plantation timber, as well as pristine old-growth forest.
(16) These factors are often interlinked – trees are cut down for timber and the cleared land can be used for grazing cattle.
(17) He is the Princess Di of the political world …" Or of Margaret Thatcher 's trusty bulldog Bernard Ingham: "Brick-red of face, beetling of brow, seemingly built to withstand hurricanes, Sir Bernard resembled a half-timbered bomb shelter."
(18) At the present time, this timber constitutes the most frequently commercially exported African wood.
(19) It's mainly down to the pink phenolic foam insulation that is injected into the timber-house frame and combined with a thin membrane, while wood is a good natural insulator in itself.
(20) In the past, he explains, 'encroachers' failed to respect the park's boundaries, sneaking into the forest to gather firewood and fell trees for timber.
Wynn
Definition:
(n.) A kind of timber truck, or carriage.
Example Sentences:
(1) Originally, it was to be named Le Reve, after one of the Picassos that Wynn and his wife own; but, as of last month, it is to be called Wynn Las Vegas, embodying a dream of a different kind.
(2) Norwich Ownership Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn Jones own 53.1% of the club’s shares; deputy chairman Michael Foulger owns approximately 16% Gate receipts £12m Broadcasting and media £70m Catering £4m Commercial & other income £12m Net debt Not stated; £2.7m bank overdraft, no directors’ loans.
(3) Wynn still managed to sell the painting in 2013 for $155m, a record sum.
(4) It also left him with a money-chest for what may now be his final throw, the Wynn Las Vegas.
(5) A spokesperson for Wynn, the chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd, did not respond to a request for comment.
(6) In 2006, Wynn, who has a disease affecting his peripheral vision, put his elbow through the canvas of Le Rêve while showing it to friends – among them Nora Ephron – reportedly a day after agreeing to sell it to Cohen for $139m (£92m).
(7) When his father's attempts to enter the game on a bigger scale in Las Vegas failed, the family returned to Utica, New York, where Wynn attended military prep school before graduating at the University of Pennsylvania.
(8) Majority shareholders Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones said in a statement: “His economic know-how and experience, coupled with his passion for all things Norwich City, will be a major asset for the board and we’re excited about working closely together with Ed, David McNally and the other directors in this new era for the club.
(9) Defender for a defender, but perhaps Wynne will be pushed a little further up the field as Colorado chase the goal.
(10) Wynn made his first small fortune in 1971, with a handy piece of real estate dealing in Las Vegas.
(11) Colonies of Clostridium botulinum could be easily distinguished from meat particles by supplementing Wynne agar with 0.4% egg yolk.
(12) The observation that thyroxine stimulated in vitro protein synthesis in the absence of mitochondria (Carter, W.J., Faas, F.H., and Wynn, J (1971) J. Biol.
(13) After authorities ended a casino monopoly a decade ago, newly wealthy gamblers from mainland China started pouring in to glitzy new resorts built by foreign operators such as Las Vegas Sands and Wynn Resorts.
(14) The second combination, which is best for the wide cleft, is the same except that the Wynn lateral flap replaces the rotation-advancement flap.
(15) People are realizing that if they don’t engage on issues like worker’s rights, like voting, like civic engagement, we could very well end up with someone who shares these kind of anti-immigrant sentiments in the White House, whether it’s Donald Trump or one of the other candidates.” According to the Culinary Union, Trump Hotel employees earn $3.33 less on average than workers who do the same jobs at the Bellagio, Wynn, Caesar’s Palace, the Stratosphere and all of the other 95% of Las Vegas resorts which have organized labor representing hotel staff.
(16) Dropping Wynne and moving O'Neil to right back is a gamble.
(17) She was an incredible African female warrior and she never gave up.” Brendan Wynne, media manager at Equality Now said: “Efua literally changed the course of history, but she made you feel like you could do so too.
(18) Manchester United first half (4-2-3-1): Johnstone, Darmian, Jones, Blind, Shaw; Carrick, Schneiderlin; Mata, Depay, Young; Rooney Manchester United second half (4-2-3-1): Lindegaard; McNair, Evans, Smalling, Blackett; Schweinstieger, Herrera; Lingard, Januzaj, Pereira; Wilson S an Jose Earthquakes (4-3-3): Bingham; Wynne, Bernadez, Goodson, Stewart; Alashe, Pierazzi, Salinas; Cato, Amarikwa, Garcia Attendance: 18,000
(19) According to Indigenous belief, Mick Rhatigan, a former policeman and linesman, and his two Aboriginal workers, Joe Wynn and Nipper, attacked the camp of another black man, Hopples, and shot dead eight occupants.
(20) When Bill Clinton started examing the idea of an additional 4% federal tax on gambling profits in the mid-1990s, Wynn was the man who started to organise the opposition, hosting the biggest fundraiser there for Bob Dole, Clinton's opponent in the 1996 presidential election.