timber
木材,木料,木头,木头人
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- : the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
- : growing trees themselves.
- : wooded land.
- : wood, especially when suitable or adapted for various building purposes.
- : a single piece of wood forming part of a structure or the like: A timber fell from the roof.
- : Nautical. one of the curved pieces of wood that spring upward and outward from the keel; rib.
- : personal character or quality: He's being talked up as presidential timber.
- : Sports. a wooden hurdle, as a gate or fence, over which a horse must jump in equestrian sports.
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- : to furnish with timber.
- : to support with timber.
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Here in Alaska, many moose hunters frequent old burned timber stands, and these are littered with dead small trees and debris that can damage an ATV pretty easily if you’re not careful.
It also would reinstate timber severance taxes, which are based on the value of the trees that are logged.
His bill died after the timber industry opposed defunding the institute.
In a story published in June, the three news organizations found that the state’s largest timber companies received billions of dollars in tax cuts since the 1990s.
At the same time a surge in home renovations and do-it-yourself home projects during the pandemic—just look at the earnings of Home Depot and Lowe’s—and rebounding home construction have increased the demand for timber.
“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.
Despite the trade officially being banned, he explains, timber was still locally harvested and sold.
With a lot of forethought, he wields an 8-pound maul through timber.
Though the company imports its wood from a timber supplier, they cut and process it.
One outfitter found a camp in timber—a Nichols camp, with a fresh three-rock campfire.
The moment the bait was touched, down would come the heavy —smash—on the tiger's head.