lumber

/ˈlʌm.bə//ˈlʌm.bɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.

  2. 2

    Useless or cumbrous material.

  3. 3

    A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

  4. 4

    Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.

  5. 5

    A baseball bat.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.

  2. 2

    (with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on

    I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon.
  3. 3

    To heap together in disorder.

  4. 4

    To fill or encumber with lumber.

    to lumber up a room

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