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Definition of "well-timbered" [well-timbered]

  • Having a good framework or structure. (adjective)
  • Covered with a good growth of timber. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "well-timbered" in a sentence
  • "They went to Sen. Ron Wyden, of the well-timbered Oregon, who dutifully introduced legislation."
  • "Some built rustic lodges on well-timbered mountain lakes (weekend houses in the area are still called "camps"), while others passed the summer months at big wooden hotels -- the kind that in succeeding years always seemed to burn down."
  • "The bedroom looked out over the great front door, with its portico, its terrace and flight of steps beyond, and, further still, the broad sweep of the well-timbered park to close the view."
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