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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

lumber¹ Related Forms

lum·berer noun

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

lumber Synonyms

lumber

n.

  1. 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.

  2. Grades of lumber include: select, choice, clear, first and second clear, FAS, common, FAS common, cull.

lumber Finance Definition

A product created from trees that is used in constructing homes, offices, and furniture. Futures contracts are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), among other exchanges throughout the world. The CME’s contract is random-length lumber futures, which began trading in 1969. Options also are traded on lumber.

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

  • debt: On graduation most students will be lumbered with debts of up to £ 20,000, liable to interest at the rate of inflation.
  • bill: Whatâs more, I have been lumbered with the bill for repairing the hedge, bloody £ 300!

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