- Brit. miscellaneous discarded household articles, furniture, etc. stored away or taking up room
- timber sawed into beams, planks, boards, etc. of sizes convenient for building or carpentry
Origin of lumber
from uncertain or unknown; perhaps Lombard: origin, originally , pawnbroker's shop or storeroom, hence pawned articles in storage, hence stored articles, hence lumber- 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
to cut down timber and saw it into lumber
