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floor
Noun
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The floor is the flat part at the bottom of a room. People stand on the floor.
Don't drop your milk on the floor.
The children are sitting on the floor to play.
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A floor is a level of a building.
To get to room 302 you have to go up three floors.
plate
Noun
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A plate is a hard flat thing, especially round ones that we put food on.
He ate everything on his plate.
The name plate on the door said, "Tanaka".
timber
Noun
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Timber is trees and forests used as a source of wood.
They walked into the tall timber to find a place to camp.
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Timber is wood used for building.
He went to the timber yard to buy the wood for his house.
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Timber is a piece of wood used in building.
She carefully chose a timber that had an interesting pattern.
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Timber is wood used as a frame in building ships.
During the battle he could feel the ship's timbers shiver.
timber
Verb
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To timber is to use wood as a support or frame.
The miners had to timber the shaft in the gold mine to make it safe.