floorboard vs timber

floorboard

noun
  • Any of the long boards laid over joists to make a floor. 

  • The floor of a car. 

verb
  • To sink the gas pedal into the floorboard of the car, in order to bring the car to the highest possible speed. 

timber

noun
  • Material for any structure. 

  • The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. 

  • Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood. 

  • Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction. 

  • 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. 

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

verb
  • To light or land on a tree. 

  • To surmount as a timber does. 

  • To fit with timbers. 

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