Timber vs. Scantling
Difference Between Timber and Scantling
Timbernoun
(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
Scantlingnoun
The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
Timbernoun
Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
Scantlingnoun
(archaic) A small portion, a scant amount.
Timbernoun
(countable) A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.
the timbers of a shipScantlingnoun
A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.
Timbernoun
The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.
Scantlingnoun
(uncountable) Timber in the form of small beams and pieces.
Timbernoun
(archaic) A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.
Scantlingnoun
(obsolete) A rough draught; a crude sketch or outline.
Timberinterjection
Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.
Scantlingnoun
(obsolete) A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
Timberverb
(transitive) To fit with timbers.
timbering a roofScantlingadjective
Not plentiful; small; scanty.
Timberverb
To construct, frame, build.
Scantlingnoun
an upright in house framing
Timberverb
To light or land on a tree.
Timberverb
(obsolete) To make a nest.
Timberverb
(transitive) To surmount as a timber does.
Timbernoun
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Timbernoun
a beam made of wood
Timbernoun
a post made of wood
Timbernoun
land that is covered with trees and shrubs
Timbernoun
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);
the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovelythe muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
