Timber vs. Scantling

Timber vs. Scantling — Is There a Difference?
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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 ship

Scantlingnoun

A small, upright beam of timber used in construction, especially less than five inches square.

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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.

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Timberverb

(transitive) To fit with timbers.

timbering a roof

Scantlingadjective

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