timbers

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of timber. Use this when you mean more than one piece of wood or wooden beam.

   The old barn's timbers had begun to rot after decades of rain.

   Workers stacked the heavy timbers beside the building site.

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2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of timber. Use this with he, she, or it.

   The carpenter timbers the new roof before the rains arrive.

   She timbers the cottage walls with reclaimed oak.

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