lumber¹ Definition
lum·ber (lum′bər)
noun
- miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room
- ☆ 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
- to fill or obstruct with useless articles or rubbish; clutter
- Brit., Informal to encumber or burden: often with with
- ☆ to remove (timber) from (an area) for use as lumber
intransitive verb
to cut down timber and saw it into lumber
lumber¹ Related Forms
lumber² Definition
lum·ber (lum′bər)
intransitive verb
- to move heavily, clumsily, and, often, noisily tanks lumbering up a slope
- to rumble
Etymology: ME lomeren < ? Scand, as in Swed lomra, to resound, loma, to walk heavily
lumber Synonyms
lumber
n.
cut timber, logs, sawed timber, forest products, boards, hardwood, softwood, lumbering products; see also timber 1, tree, wood 2. see also beam 1.Lumber includes: flooring, tongue and groove, siding, sheeting, shingle, trim, beam, post, plank, finish, lath, clapboard, walk board, timbers, tie, molding, plywood, particleboard, fiberboard, pressure-treated wood, welded wood, pressed wood, shake, scantling; two-by-four, two-by-six, two-by-eight, two-by-twelve, four-by-four, six-by-eight, one-by-four, one-by-six, one-by-twelve;
Uses of lumber include: joist, rafter, plate, stringer, frame, ridge, planking, clapboarding, roofing, flooring, siding, paneling, decking, molding, cabinetwork, studding, door, door jamb, tread.
Grades of lumber include: select, choice, clear, first and second clear, FAS, common, FAS common, cull.
lumber Finance Definition
lumber Usage Examples
Converse of object
- get: Bright and early, we they were on their feet and got the lumber to build.
- use: Be sure to ask the species of lumber used underneath.
Adjective modifier
plastic: Plastic lumber can be made from a mix of waste plastic types, with fillers used to reduce the cost of the feedstock.
Modifies a noun
- puncture: A last ditch attempt was suggested by my neurologist, who thought that I should have a lumber puncture done.
- spine: I was told that getting the machine to work in the lumber spine is very hard.
- mill: Now Sheriff Chris Vaughn, he wields a huge stick fashioned from lumber mill pine.
- yard: The lumber yards downstream do the same, adding a little to the figure.
- camp: A Mexican who was also implicated in the crime was also found murdered in a lumber camp.
- room: His body was kept in a lumber room at Richmond Palace in the reign of Henry VIII.
Modifying Another Word
- still: Reed kept glancing back to check it was still lumbering up behind them.
- now: However, the British economy is now lumbered with high interest rates and a very high level of the pound.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- along: Looking ahead down the valley to a small winding road, I saw about fourteen to twenty troop carrying vehicles lumbering along.
- around: The furry bumblebees that lumber around our gardens in early spring are all queens.
- off: Away on time, we lumbered off to the east, onto the former Great Northern route to the coast.
- out: She has lumbered out of the shadows, leaping the wall, landing next to me.
- up: Alan lumbers up to take it from her, gallant.
- over: He lumbered over to his desk, and stood behind it.
Followed by a transitive particle
down: The ball starts to lumber down the lane, agonizingly slowly.
Preposition: with
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