Definitions for LUMBER
ˈlʌm bərlum·ber

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. lumber, timbernoun

   the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2. baseball bat, lumberverb

   an implement used in baseball by the batter

3. lumber, poundverb

   move heavily or clumsily

   "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

4. log, lumberverb

   cut lumber, as in woods and forests

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. lumbernoun

   Wood intended as a building material.

2. lumbernoun

   Useless things that are stored away

3. lumberverb

   to move clumsily

4. lumberverb

   to load down with things, to fill, to encumber

5. lumbernoun

   Plural form of lumberman.

6. Etymology: Unknown origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. LUMBERnoun

   Any thing useless or cumbersome; any thing of more bulk than value.

   Etymology: loma, geloma , Saxon, housholdstuft; lommering, the dirt of an house, Dutch.

   The very bed was violated
   By the coarse hands of filthy dungeon villains,
   And thrown amongst the common lumber. Thomas Otway.

   One son at home
   Concerns thee more than many guests to come.
   If to some useful art he be not bred,
   He grows mere lumber, and is worse than dead. Dryden.

   Thy neighbour has remov’d his wretched store,
   Few hands will rid the lumber of the poor. John Dryden, Juv.

   If God intended not the precise use of every single atom, that atom had been no better than a piece of lumber. Nehemiah Grew.

   The poring scholiasts mark;
   Wits, who, like owls, see only in the dark;
   A lumber-house of books in ev’ry head. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

2. To Lumberverb

   To heap like useless goods irregularly.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   In Rollo we must have so much stuff lumbered together, that not the least beauty of tragedy can appear. Thomas Rymer.

3. To Lumberverb

   To move heavily, as burthened with his own bulk.

   First let them run at large,
   Nor lumber o’er the meads, nor cross the wood. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lumber

   Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards. Lumber is mainly used for construction framing, as well as finishing (floors, wall panels, window frames). Lumber has many uses beyond home building. Lumber is sometimes referred to as timber as an archaic term and still in England, while in most parts of the world (especially the United States and Canada) the term timber refers specifically to unprocessed wood fiber, such as cut logs or standing trees that have yet to be cut. Lumber may be supplied either rough-sawn, or surfaced on one or more of its faces. Beside pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making, and manufacture of other items requiring cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, including hardwoods and softwoods, such as white pine and red pine, because of their low cost.Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry – primarily softwood, from coniferous species, including pine, fir and spruce (collectively spruce-pine-fir), cedar, and hemlock, but also some hardwood, for high-grade flooring. It is more commonly made from softwood than hardwoods, and 80% of lumber comes from softwood.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lumber

   Lumber refers to logs or timber that have been processed and cut into various sizes such as planks, beams, boards, or others to be used in building or construction. It is typically sourced from different types of trees and the quality depends on the type of wood used. Derived from the term "lumbering," which means to move clumsily or heavily, the term can also describe a bulky object or person. However, the term is mostly used within the context of construction or woodworking.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lumbernoun

   a pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn

2. Lumbernoun

   old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value

3. Lumbernoun

   timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber

4. Lumber

   to heap together in disorder

5. Lumber

   to fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room

6. Lumberverb

   to move heavily, as if burdened

7. Lumberverb

   to make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble

8. Lumberverb

   to cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market

9. Etymology: [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See Lombard.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lumber

   Lumber is wood in any of its stages from felling to readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production. Lumber is supplied either rough or finished. Besides pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods, but it is also readily available in softwoods such as white pine and red pine due to their low cost per board foot. Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry, primarily softwood from coniferous species including pine, fir and spruce, cedar, and hemlock, but also some hardwood, for high-grade flooring.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lumber

   lum′bėr, n. anything cumbersome or useless: timber sawed or split for use.—v.t. to fill with lumber: to heap together in confusion.—n. Lum′berer, one employed in felling timber and bringing it from the forest.—adj. Lum′bering, filling with lumber: putting in confusion.—n. Lum′ber-room, a room for holding things not in use. [Fr. Lombard—Ger. Langbart; the lumber-room being orig. the Lombard-room or place where the Lombards, the medieval bankers and pawnbrokers, stored their pledges.]

2. Lumber

   lum′bėr, v.i. to move heavily. [Scand.; prov. Sw. lomra, to resound, Ice. hljómr, a sound.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. lumber

   Logs as they arrive at the mills. Also, timber of any size, sawed or split for use. Also, things stowed without order.

Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Lumber

   An Americanism for timber sawn into logs and sent floating down the rivers for eventual shipment.

Matched Categories

1. • Fell
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Anagrams for LUMBER »

1. umbrel

2. rumble

How to pronounce LUMBER?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of LUMBER in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of LUMBER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of LUMBER in a Sentence

1. Prosecutor Linda Dunikoski:

   You’ve got lumber, you’ve got all this stuff, mr. Arbery never shows up with a bag. He doesn’t pull up with a U-haul. ... All he does is wander around for a few minutes and then leave.

2. Matthew Pointon:

   There is some early evidence that lumber prices may now have peaked, but the shortage of labor will not be solved so quickly, and that means housing market conditions will remain tight for the remainder of the year.

3. Whitney Tilson:

   In the past week, I've received information that leads me to believe that senior management of Lumber Liquidators wasn't aware that the company was selling Chinese-made laminate that had high levels of formaldehyde.

4. Dustin Jalbert:

   The lumber industry is going to hit production capacity this summer, but things will calm down in 2022.

5. Mike Fratantoni:

   Builders are delaying starting new construction because of the marked increase in costs for lumber and other inputs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=LUMBER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Lumber
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=LUMBER
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumber
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/LUMBER
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=LUMBER
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=LUMBER
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=LUMBER
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=LUMBER