timberworks
/ˈtɪmbərˌwɜrks/
noun
- A place where timber is cut, shaped, and prepared for use; a sawmill or lumberyard.
- They bought fresh planks directly from the local timberworks.
- The old timberworks by the river has been operating for over a century.
- The timberworks employs dozens of workers to process logs into lumber.
- The structures or framework made of timber, such as the beams and supports of a building.
- Restoring the historic church required replacing much of its original timberworks.
- The roof's timberworks creaked under the weight of the heavy snow.
- The barn's timberworks were hand-carved and assembled without nails.
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