untimbered
/' n'timb d/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Without trees; lacking forest cover: Describes an area of land that has no trees or is not wooded.
- Lacking timbers; not built or made with wooden beams or planks: Describes a structure, such as a boat or building, that is not constructed from or reinforced with timber.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The vast, untimbered plains stretched to the horizon. (The vast, treeless plains stretched to the horizon.)
- The old, untimbered boat was constructed entirely of reeds. (The old boat, lacking wooden beams, was constructed entirely of reeds.)
Advanced Usage
- Ecological/Geographical Context: Often used in environmental or geographical descriptions to contrast with forested or wooded areas.
- The fire spread rapidly across the dry, untimbered hillside.
- Historical/Construction Context: Can describe historical or traditional building methods that do not use wooden framing.
- The settlers built simple, untimbered shelters from sod and stone.
Variants and Related Words
- Timbered (adj): The direct antonym, meaning "covered with trees" or "built with timber."
- The timbered frame of the house was very sturdy.
- Treeless (adj): A close synonym for the first meaning (without trees).
- They hiked across the treeless moor.
Synonyms
- Treeless: Having no trees.
- Unwooded: Not covered with trees or woods.
- Clear: (Of land) free from trees or obstructions.
Antonyms
- Timbered: Covered with trees; built with timber.
- Forested: Covered with forest.
- Wooded: Having woods or trees.
Adjective
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without trees
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an untimbered area
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lacking timbers
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an untimbered boat
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