lumberer

Variant of lumber

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

Origin: < ? 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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