Cutting timber is a job that involves harvesting trees and processing them into usable LUMBER. The term CUT TIMBER can be broken down into three crossword solutions: LUMBER (6 letters), SAWED (5 letters), and LOG (3 letters). LUMBER is the processed wood that is used for building and other purposes, and it is created by sawing logs into planks. Sawed is the past tense of the verb 'to saw, ' which is the process of cutting wood with a saw. Logs are the raw material that is cut into LUMBER.