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lumber

  • noun
  • lŭmʹbə

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

Other meanings

  1. Useless or cumbrous material.

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

Synonyms

  • timber
  • wood

A kind of

  • building material

Kinds of lumber

  • board
  • stock
  • strip

Related words

  • lumberdom
  • lumberer
  • lumberjack
  • lumberless
  • lumberman
  • lumbermill
  • lumberroom
  • lumbersome
  • lumberwood
  • lumberyard
  • bring the lumber
  • dimension lumber

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “lumber” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.