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

With the hospital damaged, a medical triage center started at the local lumberyard.

From New York Times

Near the granny flat where I lived before transferring to Patrick Henry were a lumberyard, a Kwikset factory and a trucking depot where my dad would pick up cargo containers.

From Los Angeles Times

The floor and sides of the tub were constructed from yellow-cedar wood he found at a lumberyard in Tacoma.

From Seattle Times

I was raised in a run-down granny flat in Anaheim a stone’s throw from a lumberyard, the only place my immigrant parents could afford when they married in 1978.

From Los Angeles Times

I suggest that Ms. McNamara leave her hatchet in the lumberyard where it belongs.

From Los Angeles Times