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lum•ber¹ n. [uncountable]

Buildingtimber or wood from a tree sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.

lum•ber•er, n. [countable]
lum•ber•man, n. [countable], pl. -men.

lum•ber² v. [no object]

to move clumsily or heavily, esp. from great weight or size:The huge truck lumbered onto the highway.

lum•ber¹ n.

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

v.i.

Buildingto cut timber and prepare it for market.
to become useless or to be stored away as useless.

v.t.

to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber:We lumbered more than a million acres last year.
to heap together in disorder.
to fill up or obstruct with miscellaneous useless articles;
encumber.

1545–55; origin, originally noun, nominal use of lumber²; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements

lum′ber•er, n.
lum′ber•less, adj.

lum•ber² v.i.

to move clumsily or heavily, esp. from great or ponderous bulk:overloaded wagons lumbering down the dirt road.
to make a rumbling noise.

1300–50; Middle English lomeren; compare dialect, dialectal Swedish lomra to resound, loma to walk heavily

lum′ber•ly, adj.

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lumber /ˈlʌmbə/ n

chiefly US Canadian
- logs; sawn timber
- (as modifier): the lumber trade
Brit
- useless household articles that are stored away
- (as modifier): lumber room

(transitive) to pile together in a disorderly manner
(transitive) to fill up or encumber with useless household articles
chiefly US Canadian to convert (the trees) of (a forest) into marketable timber
(transitive) Brit informal to burden with something unpleasant, tedious, etc

Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps from a noun use of lumber²ˈlumberer n

lumber /ˈlʌmbə/ vb (intransitive)

to move awkwardly
an obsolete word for rumble

Etymology: 14th Century lomeren; perhaps related to lome lame¹, Swedish dialect loma to move ponderously

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In Lists: Building/construction materials, Things you find in stacks, Things in a hardware store, more...

Synonyms: cut timber, logs, sawed timber, timber, wood, more...

Collocations: [sawn, rough, softwood, pine, unfinished, treated] lumber, a [truck, container, ship] (full) of lumber, lumber for [carpentry, building, construction], more...

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