lumberyard

[ luhm-ber-yahrd ]

noun

1. a yard where lumber is stored for sale.

lumberyard

/ ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd /

noun

1. an establishment where timber and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)timberyard

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberyard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; lumber ¹ + yard ²

Example Sentences

Whether at REI or the tool store or the lumberyard, I am a kid in a candy store.

From Outside Online

Other options include reclaimed and Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood from a local lumberyard or a modular bamboo conversion kit from a company like Adventure Wagon that’s compatible with Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit vans.

From Outside Online

My childhood jobs were detassling seed corn and working at a lumberyard.

From The Daily Beast

Later he drinks in working-class bars and works in a Hasidic-owned lumberyard.

From The Daily Beast

I heard him say he had a place in the Bobbsey lumberyard, but I never thought I'd meet you.

From Project Gutenberg

I saw several salesmen and laborers in the lumberyard, but there was no one in the counting-room.

From Project Gutenberg

From the window there was an unobstructed view of a lumberyard, beyond which frowned the blackened walls of a factory.

From Project Gutenberg

I think you had better go and see him, if you can leave the lumberyard, Dick.

From Project Gutenberg

Three miles below the city was the Island on which many voters were working in a saw-mill and lumberyard.

From Project Gutenberg