The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - tiltv.

1) lean, slant, incline, slope, angle, tip, heel over, pitch, list, cant: She caught the lamp just as the table tilted. 2) tilt at. joust with, compete with, battle against, contend with, spar with, cross swords with, attack: In tilting at the media, he has chosen some formidable opponents. --n. 3) lean, slant, incline, slope, angle, tip, heel, list, pitch, cant, inclination: The wall is at a perilous tilt and could easily fall. 4) joust, tourney, tournament, meeting, tilting, engagement, encounter, match, contest, test, trial, fight, combat; dispute, argument, difference, quarrel, altercation, squabble, tiff, US spat, Colloq set-to: I have enjoyed the various tilts I have had with the editor over the years. TIMBERN. 1) trees, forest, woodland: The standing timber has been seriously depleted in Brazil. 2) wood, beams, boards, planks, US and Canadian lumber: The timber for our new house arrived today. 3) material, potential, stuff, character, quality, talent, prospect: Agatha seems to be good management timber.