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Meaning of 'lumber' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Lumber [ b. t.]
- To heap together in disorder.
- To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
2 . Lumber [ n.]
- A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
- Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
- Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
3 . Lumber [ v. i.]
- To move heavily, as if burdened.
- To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
- To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.

Meaning of 'lumber' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . lumber [ v]
Meaning (1):
- move heavily or clumsily
Example in sentence:
  • The heavy man lumbered across the room

Nearby Words:

lum lumachel lumachella lumbaginous lumbago lumbal lumbar lumbered lumberer lumbering

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