The difference between Beam and Timber

Beam as a noun:

Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.

Beam as a noun:

One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame on which the decks are laid — supported at the sides by knees in wooden ships and by stringers in steel ones.

Beam as a noun (nautical):

The maximum width of a vessel.

Beam as a noun:

The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.

Beam as a noun:

The principal stem of the antler of a deer.

Beam as a noun (literary):

The pole of a carriage or chariot.

Beam as a noun (textiles):

A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and the cylinder on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven.

Beam as a noun:

The straight part or shank of an anchor.

Beam as a noun:

The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen or horses that draw it.

Beam as a noun:

In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft.

Beam as a noun:

A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.

Beam as a noun (figuratively):

A ray; a gleam.

Beam as a noun:

One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.

Beam as a noun (music):

A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric value.

Beam as a noun (railway):

An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.

Beam as a verb (ambitransitive):

To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.

Beam as a verb (intransitive, figuratively):

To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.

Beam as a verb (transitive):

To furnish or supply with beams

Beam as a verb (transitive):

To give the appearance of beams to.

Beam as a verb (transitive, science fiction):

To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.

Beam as a verb (transitive, currying):

To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.

Beam as a verb (transitive, weaving):

To put (something) on a beam

Beam as a verb (transitive, music):

To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

Timber as a noun (uncountable):

Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.

Timber as a noun (outside, North America, uncountable):

Wood that has been pre-cut and is ready for use in construction.

Timber as a noun (countable):

A heavy wooden beam, generally a whole log that has been squared off and used to provide heavy support for something such as a roof.

Timber as a noun:

Material for any structure.

Timber as a noun (firearms, informal):

The wooden stock of a rifle or shotgun.

Timber as a noun (archaic):

A certain quantity of fur skins (as of martens, ermines, sables, etc.) packed between boards; in some cases forty skins, in others one hundred and twenty. Also timmer, timbre.

Timber as a verb (transitive):

To fit with timbers.

Timber as a verb (transitive, obsolete):

To construct, frame, build.

Timber as a verb (falconry, intransitive):

To light or land on a tree.

Timber as a verb (obsolete):

To make a nest.

Timber as a verb (transitive):

To surmount as a timber does.

Timber as a noun: