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lumber
1[ luhm-ber ]
noun
- timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
- miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.
verb (used without object)
- to cut timber and prepare it for market.
- to become useless or to be stored away as useless.
verb (used with object)
- to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber:
We lumbered more than a million acres last year.
- to heap together in disorder.
- to fill up or obstruct with miscellaneous useless articles; encumber.
lumber
1/ ˈlʌmbə /
noun
- logs; sawn timber
- cut timber, esp when sawn and dressed ready for use in joinery, carpentry, etc
- ( as modifier )
the lumber trade
- useless household articles that are stored away
- ( as modifier )
lumber room
verb
- tr to pile together in a disorderly manner
- tr to fill up or encumber with useless household articles
- to convert (the trees) of (a forest) into marketable timber
- informal.tr to burden with something unpleasant, tedious, etc
- tr to arrest; imprison
lumber
2/ ˈlʌmbə /
verb
- to move awkwardly
- an obsolete word for rumble
Derived Forms
- ˈlumberer, noun
Other Words From
- lumber·er noun
- lumber·less adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of lumber1
Origin of lumber2
Word History and Origins
Origin of lumber1
Origin of lumber2
Example Sentences
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
The judges noted that he told one of the officers he had “copped some lumber.”
Our inner cities are stacks of dry leaves and lumber, waiting for a spark.
Today, ton-sized pieces of lumber lay rotting in the cool morning air.
But his 8-year-old company could choose from a handful of lumber kilns within hours of the city.
The road had been built for bringing down lumber, and for six miles it was at perilous angles.
Scattergood fairly licked his lips as he thought of the millions upon millions of feet of spruce to be sawed into lumber.
But they can't run the mill without the log yard and the yard to pile out their lumber.
Next opening the false back of the cupboard, he passed through to the lumber-room beyond, and partly closed the second door.
The Spaniard's boat was lashed so that no mortal could get her clear, and the little craft was used as a sort of lumber-closet.
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