Yes, this is is more confirmation that the terms are used differently in different parts of the world and may also be used interchangeably by some people. There is no one right answer. The terms "lumber yard" and "timber yard" are sometimes used interchangeably, and timber yards may include additional aspects that lumber yards encompass, and vice versa. Show 3 more comments.
Active Oldest Votes. It might make more sense to pull up a few definitions for these nouns: Log : "1. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Really great answer! I'm sorry that after all this time I haven't upvoted or accepted it. That has just been remedied. Add a comment. When you have a tree that is standing in nature, unharmed, its called timber.
In this form, it can be moved to a facility for processing. The article I mentioned says that lumber can immediately be used for construction or furniture. This seems to imply that lumber is already processed sawn into boards and planks. I'm curious to know which definition is correct My source is an explaination from a lumberjack on Discovery Channel. Nothing unfortunately that I can link to. I guess this becomes a matter of opinion.
Lumber is uncountable; "a lumber" is not something a native speaker would ever emit. Ditto for "bark": "barks" is the second person singular form of the verb, not a plural noun, because the noun form doesn't have a plural.
In the United States, these terms are entirely separate; however, in Australia, they mean the same thing. In Canada, they adopted the term timber as a small measurement that is no less than five inches. However, it is traditionally phrased in a way to understand the stage at which the wood is being processed. Although timber does not always have to be transformed into lumber, it most often is. A typical example of timber is firewood, and an example of lumber would be planks to build a home.
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Notify me of new posts by email. We deliver up to miles from our location in Ozark, Missouri. No hassles! In the UK, New Zealand and Australia, timber refers to sawn wood as well as processed wood products used for purposes such as home construction, cladding, decking and furniture making.
The word timber is also commonly used to describe timber-frame construction — the use of wooden beams and posts to create buildings. Lumber is used to describe felled trees. An easy way to understand the broad difference between timber and lumber is that lumber is less processed than timber.
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