half-timber

1. 1.

   having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture

   Synonymshalf-timbered

   Similartimbered

Questions about half-timber

What does half-timber mean?

half-timber means "having exposed wood framing with spaces filled with masonry, as in Tudor architecture".

How many syllables are in half-timber?

half-timber has 3 syllables and divides as half--tim-ber under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for half-timber?

Close synonyms include half-timbered. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.