Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

timbered

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: tim-bered
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Wooded; bearing timber; forested.

adj

Made from timber, especially large or coarsely finished timber.

verb

simple past and past participle of timber

Example Sentences

"His steps were imperceptibly led almost in a circle; nor did he observe that he was on the verge of a tract of land heavily timbered, but not with pine-trees."
"It [the Platte River] is destitute of timber along its banks, but there are here and there islands which are well timbered."
"The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels."

Etymology

From timber + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more timbered (comparative) most timbered (superlative)

Derived Forms

nontimbered untimbered

Phrases

clean-timbered half-timbered light-timbered well-timbered

Questions

What does timbered mean?: Wooded; bearing timber; forested.
Where does timbered come from?: From timber + -ed.

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