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S vs Timber - What's the difference?

s | timber |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun timber is

postage stamp.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    timber

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia timber) (en noun)
  • (uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
  • (British, uncountable) Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.
  • (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. Historically also used in the plural, as in "ship's timbers".
  • (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 .
  • (firearms, informal) The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

    • Synonyms

    * (trees considered as a source of wood) timberland, forest * (wood that has been cut ready for construction) lumber (US), wood * (beam used to support a roof) beam, rafter

    Derived terms

    * half-timbered * shiver me timbers * timbered * timberland * timberline * timber wolf * timberyard

    Interjection

    timber!
  • Used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fit with timbers.
    • timbering a roof
  • (falconry) To light or land on a tree.
  • (obsolete) To make a nest.
  • To surmount as a timber does.
    • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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