Lumber

Word LUMBER
Character 6
Hyphenation lum ber
Pronunciations /ˈlʌm.bə/

Definitions and meanings of "Lumber"

What do we mean by lumber?

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

Useless or cumbrous material.

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

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

A baseball bat.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Lumber

The word "lumber" in example sentences

In times of common calamity God manifests his favour to the elect remnant; his jewels, which he will then make up; his peculiar treasure, which he will secure when the lumber is abandoned to the spoiler. ❋ Unknown (1721)

A new matrix enters the equation with the heavy increase in lumber prices, as today reported in the NY Times. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Suddenly, lumber is the most fascinating subject on earth as far as Olenka is concerned. ❋ Unknown (2009)

An 'I take the whole outfit an' start Wednesday of next week haulin 'lumber for the buildin's, an' bricks for the kilns, an 'all the rest. An' when they're ready for the clay I 'm the boy that'll give it to them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After the new shrines have been authenticated by the priests, the old shrines are torn down and the lumber is given to the tributary shrines throughout Japan. ❋ Alla Kazovsky (2010)

Backyard describes lumber from the tree scientifically named Cunninghamia lanceolata as cedar. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

Alas, lumber is not an easily-renewable resource and once it's gone, it's gone for a long time, unless there is unlikely foresight to replant the ravaged slopes of this tropical forest. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"At the way lumber is now," he said, "four thousand could do it." ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had given it out, rather vaguely, that he needed the animals for sledding lumber from the mill to his sluices, and right here is where Sitka Charley demonstrated his fitness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

With accessibility in mind, the lumber is organized on the exterior of the building in rectangular cubby holes, creating a wonderful mosaic-like texture that proves that functionality and aesthetics can go hand-in-hand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Since the alleged falsity here was “referring to lumber from a tree that is not classified as cedar in a scientific or botanical classification” as cedar, Rainbow had engaged in materially related inequitable conduct. ❋ Rebecca Tushnet (2009)

At a Holiday Inn near the freeway here, a conference room was packed Tuesday with some big lumber from the legal profession. ❋ Joel Achenbach (2010)

Ain't I got two teams haulin 'lumber for the new winery? An' ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the five years he worked the land, he cleared one twenty-­five-­acre field and drained another, and he used the lumber from the trees he cut to build an out-­ house, a barn, and a house, in that order. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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