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Lumber

/ˈlʌm.bə/

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

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📖 Definitions of "Lumber"

noun

1
Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
2
Useless or cumbrous material.
3
A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
4
Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.

verb

1
To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
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
To heap together in disorder.
4
To fill or encumber with lumber.
"to lumber up a room"

🔄 Synonyms of "Lumber"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
timbernoun	(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
poundnoun	A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
batnoun	Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
lognoun	The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
baseball batnoun	A long instrument, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to strike baseballs.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Lumber"

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Word	Definition
poundnoun	A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
timbernoun	(uncountable) Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood.
lognoun	The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
baseball batnoun	A long instrument, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to strike baseballs.
batnoun	Any flying mammal of the order Chiroptera, usually small and nocturnal, insectivorous or frugivorous.
furniturenoun	(now usually uncountable) Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
backrestnoun	The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
propnoun	An object placed against or under another, to support it; anything that supports.
woodworkingnoun	The crafts of carpentry, cabinet making and related skills of making things from wood.
woodworknoun	(uncountable, countable) Something made from wood, especially cabinets and trim (e.g., baseboards, doorframes) made from millwork.
sawingnoun	The act by which something is sawn.
sawmillnoun	A machine, building or company used for cutting (milling) lumber, or (rarely) other hard materials such as stone.
stumpagenoun	Trees and other standing timber, treated as a commodity.
woodennoun	A surname.
hoodnoun	A covering for the head, usually attached to a larger garment such as a jacket or cloak.
fuelwoodnoun	wood grown or felled for use as commercial fuel
firewoodnoun	Wood intended to be burned, typically for heat.
millingnoun	Such grinding, cutting, or shredding applied to grain to produce meal or flour.
millnoun	A grinding apparatus for substances such as grains, seeds, etc. (Some are small and simple, and some are large and complex.)
ferrynoun	(nautical) A boat or ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.