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lumber1 definition

lum·ber (lumbər)

noun

  1. miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room
  2. ☆ timber sawed into beams, planks, boards, etc. of convenient sizes

Etymology: < ? Lombard: orig., pawnbroker's shop or storeroom, hence pawned articles in storage, hence stored articles, hence lumber

transitive verb

    1. to fill or obstruct with useless articles or rubbish; clutter
    2. Brit., Informal to encumber or burden: often with with
  1. ☆ to remove (timber) from (an area) for use as lumber

intransitive verb

to cut down timber and saw it into lumber

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lumber2 definition

lum·ber (lumbər)

intransitive verb

  1. to move heavily, clumsily, and, often, noisily tanks lumbering up a slope
  2. to rumble

Etymology: ME lomeren < ? Scand, as in Swed lomra, to resound, loma, to walk heavily

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