lumber
The definition of lumber is wood sawed into beams and boards of convenient sizes.
(noun)An example of lumber is the wood used for building a deck.
To lumber is defined as to move slowly with a lot of effort.
(verb)An example of lumber is when big trucks must climb up a steep incline.
See lumber in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room
- ☆ timber sawed into beams, planks, boards, etc. of convenient sizes
Origin: < ? 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
Related Forms:
- ☆ lumberer noun
intransitive verb
- to move heavily, clumsily, and, often, noisily: tanks lumbering up a slope
- to rumble
Origin: ME lomeren < ? Scand, as in Swed lomra, to resound, loma, to walk heavily
See lumber in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- Timber sawed into boards, planks, or other structural members of standard or specified length.
- Something useless or cumbersome.
- Chiefly British Miscellaneous stored articles.
- a. To cut down (trees) and prepare as marketable timber.b. To cut down the timber of.
- Chiefly British To clutter with or as if with unused articles.
Origin:
Origin: Perhaps from lumber2
.Related Forms:
- lumˈber adjective
- lumˈber·er noun
intransitive verb lum·bered, lum·ber·ing, lum·bers
- To walk or move with heavy clumsiness. See Synonyms at blunder.
- To move with a rumbling noise.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English lomeren
Origin: , possibly of Scandinavian origin
Origin: ; akin to Swedish dialectal loma, to move heavily
.Related Forms:
- lumˈber·ing·ly adverb
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