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Lumber

see synonyms of lumber

Noun

1. lumber, timber

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. baseball bat, lumber

an implement used in baseball by the batter

Verb

3. lumber, pound

move heavily or clumsily

Example Sentences:
'The heavy man lumbered across the room'

4. log, lumber

cut lumber, as in woods and forests

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Lumber

see synonyms of lumber
noun
1. mainly US and Canadian
a. 
logs; sawn timber
b. 
cut timber, esp when sawn and dressed ready for use in joinery, carpentry, etc
c. 
(as modifier)
the lumber trade
2. British
a. 
useless household articles that are stored away
b. 
(as modifier)
lumber room
verb
3. (transitive)
to pile together in a disorderly manner
4. (transitive)
to fill up or encumber with useless household articles
5. mainly US and Canadian
to convert (the trees) of (a forest) into marketable timber
6. (transitive) British informal
to burden with something unpleasant, tedious, etc
7. (transitive) Australian
to arrest; imprison
verb (intransitive)
1. 
to move awkwardly
2.  an obsolete word for rumble

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Lumber

see synonyms of lumber
noun
1. 
miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room
2.  US
timber sawed into beams, planks, boards, etc. of convenient sizes
verb transitive
3. 
a. 
to fill or obstruct with useless articles or rubbish; clutter
b.  British, Informal
to encumber or burden
often with with
4.  US
to remove (timber) from (an area) for use as lumber
verb intransitive US
5. 
to cut down timber and saw it into lumber
verb intransitive
1. 
to move heavily, clumsily, and, often, noisily
tanks lumbering up a slope
2. 
to rumble

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Lumber

see synonyms of lumber
n.
1. Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length.
2. Something useless or cumbersome.
3. Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles.
v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers
v.tr.
1.
a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber.
b. To cut down the timber of.
2. Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles.
v.intr.
To cut and prepare timber for marketing.
intr.v. lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers
1. To walk or move clumsily or heavily. See Synonyms at blunder.
2. To move with a rumbling noise.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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