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Lumber

Lumber Meaning & Definition
Lumber Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Lumber?

[n] an implement used in baseball by the batter
[n] the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
[v] cut lumber, as in woods and forests
[v] move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Lumber: baseball bat | log | pound | timber

Related Terms | Find terms related to Lumber: amble | barge | be all thumbs | beam | beams | billet | blunder | blunder away | blunder into | blunder on | blunder upon | board | boarding | boards | boggle | botch | bowl along | bumble | bundle | bungle | burden | burthen | butcher | cargo | charge | chug on | clamjamfry | clapboard | clog | clump | clutter | commit a gaffe | cord | cordwood | cramp | cripple | cross | cumber | cumbrance | deadweight | deal | debris | difficulty | disadvantage | drag | driftwood | dust | embarrass | embarrassment | encumber | encumbrance | enmesh | ensnarl | entangle | entoil | entrammel | entrap | entwine | faux pas | fetter | firewood | flounce | flounder | foot | footslog | freight | fumble | halt | hamper | hamstring | handicap | hardwood | hippety-hop | hitch | hobble | hop | impede | impediment | impedimenta | impose upon | imposition | inconvenience | involve | jog | jog on | jolt | jumble | jump | junk | lade | lame | land | lath | lathing | lathwork | lime | limp | litter | load | log | lunge | lurch | mar | mince | miscue | muddle | muff | murder | net | odds and ends | onus | overload | pace | pack | paddle | panelboard | paneling | panelwork | peg | penalty | piaffe | piaffer | plank | planking | planks | play havoc with | plod | plod along | plug | plug along | plyboard | plywood | pole | post | prance | press down | puncheon | rack | raff | rejects | riffraff | roll | rub on | rubbish | rubble | saddle | saddle with | sashay | saunter | schlep | scrap | scuff | scuffle | scuttle | shackle | shake | shamble | sheathing | sheathing board | sheeting | shingle | shoddy | shuffle | sideboard | siding | sidle | single-foot | skip | slab | slat | slink | slip | slither | slog | slouch | snarl | softwood | splat | spoil | stagger | stalk | stamp | stave | stick | stick of wood | stomp | stovewood | straddle | straggle | stride | stroll | strut | stumble | stump | swagger | swing | tangle | tax | three-by-four | timber | timbering | timberwork | tittup | toddle | toil | totter | traipse | trammel | tramp | trash | trip | trouble | truck | trudge | two-by-four | waddle | wamble | weatherboard | weigh | weigh down | weight | white elephant | wiggle | wobble | wood

See Also | baseball equipment | bat | board | building material | cut down | drop | fell | grip | handgrip | handle | hold | plank | planking | stock | strike down | strip | walk | wood

Lumber In Webster's Dictionary

\Lum"ber\, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [Obs.] They put all the little plate they had in the lumber, which is pawning it, till the ships came. --Lady Murray. 2. Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value. 3. Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber. [U.S.] {Lumber kiln}, a room in which timber or lumber is dried by artificial heat. [U.S.] {Lumber room}, a room in which unused furniture or other lumber is kept. [U.S.] {Lumber wagon}, a heavy rough wagon, without springs, used for general farmwork, etc.
\Lum"ber\, b. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lumbered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lumbering}.] 1. To heap together in disorder. `` Stuff lumbered together.'' --Rymer. 2. To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
\Lum"ber\, v. i. 1. To move heavily, as if burdened. 2. [Cf. dial. Sw. lomra to resound.] To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble. --Cowper. 3. To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market. [U.S.]

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