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as in forests
a dense growth of trees and shrubs covering a large area
upon our approach the deer disappeared back into the timber from whence it had come
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Recent Examples of timbers
From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.
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Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wreck is mostly covered by coral, but Castro and other divers have been able to excavate timbers from the ship’s hull and frame by digging trenches.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024
The wreck is mostly covered by coral, but Castro and other divers have been able to excavate timbers from the ship’s hull and frame by digging trenches.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
The Collegeville outfit came with the mask of a scowling pirate with an open eye-patch that looked more like a black eye and a sickly green pallor that would shiver the timbers of the saltiest sea dog.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for timbers
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But, of course, around them hiding in forests and hills and woods are the infected.Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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By century’s end, up to 20% of all Earth’s land could experience abrupt ecosystem transformation, such as forests becoming grasslands, with attendant extinction and collapse of ecosystems.Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The force of the lumber appeared to push the white car to the far left, off the highway and into a tree.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Cohen After the holidays, the famed Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be milled into lumber that is used by Habitat for Humanity for home building, NBC said in a statement.NBC News, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
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But, of course, around them hiding in forests and hills and woods are the infected.Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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In this case, however, the bear found a natural food source — a dead critter in the woods — and made the most of it.Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Timbers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/timbers. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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