lumber
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
Related Forms:
- ☆ lumberer lum′·berer noun
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
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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