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retimber

retimber verb: to fit with new timbers.

Verb

retimber (third-person singular simple present retimbers, present participle retimbering, simple past and past participle retimbered)

  1. (transitive) To fit with new timbers.
    • to retimber an old mineshaft

Forms of retimber

third-person singular presentretimbers
present participleretimbering
past participleretimbered
pastretimbered

Origin of retimber

From re- + timber.

Questions about retimber

What does retimber mean?
Retimber means to fit with new timbers.
What part of speech is retimber?
Retimber is a verb.
What is the past tense of retimber?
The past tense of retimber is retimbered.

Words near retimber in the dictionary

  1. retills
  2. retilt
  3. retilted
  4. retilting
  5. retilts
  6. retimber
  7. retimbered
  8. retimbering
  9. retimbers
  10. retime
  11. retimed

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