Timber uses include heavy and light structural and marine timbers, i.e. beams, pilings, planks, poles, props, stakes, struts and rails, for building houses, ships and boats, vehicle bodies, agricultural implements, bridges, sleepers, fencing, handles, ladders, boxes, crates, food containers, matches, vats, battery ...

Plywood is an engineered timber product, made from thin layers of wood veneers, known as "plies" or "laminations" which are glued together with each adjacent layer, having its grain rotated up to 90 degrees relative to the previous one.