How to pronounce“lumber”in English
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Definitions of “lumber”
Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
“Here they live by fishing on the most plentiful coasts in the world; there they fell trees, by the sides of large rivers, for masts and lumber […].”
Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
“On the ſecond day of my impriſonment, I was viſited by the duke of L——, a friend of my lord, who found me ſitting upon a trunk, in a poor little dining-room filled with lumber, and lighted with two bits of tallow-candle, which had been left over night.”
To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
“...he was only apprized of the arrival of the Monkbarns division by the gee-hupping of the postilion, as the post-chaise lumbered up behind him.”
To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
“They’ve lumbered me with all these suitcases.”
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