What is the meaning of Lumber?

  • (b.t.) To heap together in disorder.
  • (v.i.) To move heavily, as if burdened.
  • (v.i.) To cut logs in the forest or prepare timber for market.
  • (b.t.) To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
  • (n.) Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous or bulky and useless or of small value.
  • (n.) Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; especially, that which is smaller than heavy timber.
  • (n.) A pawnbroker's shop or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge or pawn.
  • (v.i.) To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
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APAWebster's. (2011). lumber. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/lumber/definitions/2029168
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MLAWebster's. "lumber" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/lumber/definitions/2029168>
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