wood suitable for making furniture, building houses, ships, etc.; timber.

something made of wood.

a large, heavy, long, dressed piece of wood used in building; a beam.

= ಚೌಬೀನೆ.

a method of humorous or subtly sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words is the direct opposite of their usual sense; a biting remark; an irony.

a writing characterised by such an irony.