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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
2[luhm-ber]
verb (used without object)
to move clumsily or heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk.
overloaded wagons lumbering down the dirt road.
Synonyms: , ,to make a rumbling noise.
lumber
1/ ˈʌə /
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/ ˈʌə /
verb
to move awkwardly
an obsolete word for rumble
Other 51Թ Forms
- lumberer noun
- lumberless adjective
- lumberly adjective
- ˈܳ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lumber1
Origin of lumber2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of lumber1
Origin of lumber2
Example Sentences
“I’m not worried,” one of the men said as pickup trucks laden with heavy lumber rumbled past.
Pages’ father, Liban, a carpenter who had a job repairing wooden boats, helped make his son’s first bats by hand, using leftover lumber given to him by friends.
Tariffs on imported materials like steel, lumber and appliances could drive up building costs, making it more expensive to complete new rental projects.
For a time from the late 1880s, Redondo Beach, with its steep, deep offshore canyon, did a brisk trade as a port for lumber to build L.A.
That summer, Fisher said, no matter what he did, the bears kept lumbering back into town.
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