half-timbered

half-tim·bered

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [haf, hahf tim-berd]
- /hæf, hɑf ˈtɪm bərd/
- /hɑːf ˈtɪm.bəd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf tim-berd]
- /hæf, hɑf ˈtɪm bərd/

Definitions of half-timbered word

adjective half-timbered (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like. 1
adjective half-timbered Half-timbered is used to describe old buildings that have wooden beams showing in the brick and plaster walls, both on the inside and the outside of the building. 0
adjective half-timbered (of a building, wall, etc) having an exposed timber framework filled with brick, stone, or plastered laths, as in Tudor architecture 0
adjective half-timbered made of a wooden framework having the spaces filled with plaster, brick, etc. 0
adjective half-timbered (architecture) Describes a building constructed using timber framing methods. 0

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Origin of half-timbered

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

First recorded in 1840-50

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Parts of speech for Half-timbered

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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half-timbered popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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