What is the difference between timber and plank?

timber | plank |

In transitive terms the difference between timber and plank

is that timber is to fit with timbers while plank is to harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

As an 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

* ----

plank

English

Noun

(en noun)

A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.

A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.

Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.

(British, slang) A stupid person, idiot.

That which supports or upholds.

* Southey

His charity is a better plank than the faith of an intolerant and bitter-minded bigot.

Synonyms

* See also

Derived terms

* plank spanker

Verb

(en verb)

To cover something with planking.

to plank a floor or a ship

* Dryden

Planked with pine.

To bake (fish) on a piece of cedar lumber.

* 1998 , Richard Gerstell, American Shad in the Susquehanna River Basin (page 147)

Along the lower river, planked shad dinners (baked and broiled) were highly popular during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

(colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.

to plank money in a wager

To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.

To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.

To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.

* 2011' May 23, '' Party finishes up in plonking after attempt at '''planking in Kingsford]'', in ''[[w:Herald Sun, Herald Sun] ,

The woman, known as Claudia, fell from a 2m wall after earlier demonstrating the wrong way to plank' on a small stool while holding a bottle of wine. A friend said some guests had not heard of ' planking and Claudia was demonstrating how ridiculous it was.

* 2011 May 24, Tourists snapped planking at iconic landmarks around the world]'', in [[w:The Australian, The Australian],

Perth man Simon Carville became an internet sensation after he was photographed planking naked in the arms of famous Perth statue the Eliza.