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What is the difference between timber and grafting?

timber | grafting |

As nouns the difference between timber and grafting

is that timber is (uncountable) trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood while grafting is (horticulture) the act, art, or process of inserting grafts.

As verbs the difference between timber and grafting

is that timber is to fit with timbers while grafting is (graft).

As a interjection timber

is used by loggers to warn others that a tree being felled is falling.

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

    * ----

    grafting

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (wikipedia grafting) (en noun)
  • (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
  • (nautical) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
  • (surgery) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplastic.
  • (carpentry) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.

    • Derived terms

    * cleft grafting * crown grafting * rind grafting * saddle grafting * side grafting * skin grafting * splice grafting * whip grafting * tongue grafting * grafting scissors * grafting tool * grafting wax