{
    "term": "timber",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "trees that are grown to be used in building or for making things",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the timber industry"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Plants and trees"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + timber": ["cut", "fell", "harvest"],
                "timber + noun": ["company", "industry", "production"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "wood that is prepared for use in building, etc.",
            "labels": "(especially British English)especially in North American English",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "houses built of timber"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a solid timber door"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["heavy", "solid", "rough"],
                "… of timber": ["length", "piece"],
                "verb + timber": ["dress", "season", "treat"],
                "timber + verb": ["decay", "rot"],
                "timber + noun": ["product", "merchant", "yard"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a long heavy piece of wood used in building a house or ship",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "roof timbers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The house has exposed oak timbers."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Transport by water", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["heavy", "exposed", "roof"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "used to warn people that a tree that has been cut is about to fall",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪmbə(r)/",
                "audio": "ti/timber/timber__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈtɪmbər/",
                "audio": "ti/timber/timber__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English in the sense ‘a building’, also ‘building material’, of Germanic origin; related to German Zimmer ‘room’, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘build’."
}