Definitions for lumber

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lumber lum·ber

Spelling: [luhm-ber]

IPA: /ˈlʌm bər/

Lumber is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 94 anagrams from letters in lumber (belmru).

Definitions for lumber

noun

1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
2. miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.

verb (used with object)

1. to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber:
2. to heap together in disorder.
3. to fill up or obstruct with miscellaneous useless articles; encumber.

verb (used without object)

1. to cut timber and prepare it for market.
2. to become useless or to be stored away as useless.
3. to move clumsily or heavily, especially from great or ponderous bulk:
4. to make a rumbling noise.

Origin of lumber

1545-55; orig. noun use of lumber²; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements

Examples for lumber

I've bought some cheap ones at the lumber yard, and they're on the way.

The judges noted that he told one of the officers he had “copped some lumber.”

So, in spite of Albert's promise, the Calvin lumber was not delivered on time.

They stood knee-deep in the clutter and lumber, facing each other abjectly.

But his 8-year-old company could choose from a handful of lumber kilns within hours of the city.

We were in the guest lodge of a lumber company in a small town in East Texas.

Mason was a millionaire and a lumber king, but every one called him Ed.

Our inner cities are stacks of dry leaves and lumber, waiting for a spark.

As for furs and leather and lumber, no other town in the colonies compared with Albany.

Today, ton-sized pieces of lumber lay rotting in the cool morning air.