timbered
timbered adjective: wooded; bearing timber; forested. Also the simple past and past participle of timber.
Adjective
timbered (comparative more timbered, superlative most timbered)
- Wooded; bearing timber; forested.
- 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.1846, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “Roger Malvin's Burial”, in Mosses from an Old Manse
- It [the Platte River] is destitute of timber along its banks, but there are here and there islands which are well timbered.1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 29
- Made from timber, especially large or coarsely finished timber.
- The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283
Also used as
timbered is also the simple past and past participle of timber.
Forms of timbered
| comparative | more timbered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most timbered |
Origin of timbered
From timber + -ed.
Words formed from timbered
- clean-timbered
- half-timbered
- light-timbered
- nontimbered
- untimbered
- well-timbered
Questions about timbered
- What does timbered mean?
- Timbered means wooded; bearing timber; forested.
- What part of speech is timbered?
- Timbered is an adjective.
Words near timbered in the dictionary
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