spar vs timber

spar

noun
  • A thick pole or piece of wood. 

  • Any crystal with readily discernible faces. 

  • A rafter of a roof. 

  • A beam-like structural member that supports ribs in an aircraft wing or other airfoil. 

  • A sparring session; a preliminary fight, as in boxing or cock-fighting. 

  • Any of various microcrystalline minerals, of light, translucent, or transparent appearance, which are easily cleft. 

  • Any linear object used as a mast, sprit, yard, boom, pole or gaff. 

verb
  • To contest in words; to wrangle. 

  • To supply or equip (a vessel) with spars. 

  • To fight, especially as practice for martial arts or hand-to-hand combat. 

  • To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. 

timber

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

  • The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun. 

  • Material for any structure. 

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

  • 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. 

verb
  • To light or land on a tree. 

  • To surmount as a timber does. 

  • To fit with timbers. 

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

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