lumber
v.
move heavily or awkwardly; make a rumbling sound; accumulate, collect, clutter with useless objects; chop down trees and saw them into rough planks and boards
n.
trees that have been sawed into rough planks; useless items that have been put in storage; something which encumbers; excess fat
Lumber
Lumber or timber is a term used to describe
wood, either standing or that has been processed for use — from the time trees are felled, to its end product as a material suitable for industrial use — as structural
material for
construction or
wood pulp for
paper production. In the
U.K. and
Australia, "timber" is a term also used for sawn wood products (that is, boards), whereas generally in the
United States and
Canada, the product of timber cut into boards is referred to as lumber. In the United States and Canada sawn wood products of five inches (127 millimeters) (nominal size) diameter or greater are sometimes called "timbers". Lumber is supplied either rough or finished. 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. Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry, and is primarily one of a few
coniferous (needle-bearing) species such as
pine,
cedar,
hemlock,
fir or
spruce.
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lumber
Noun
1. the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
(synonym) timber
(hypernym) building material
(hyponym) stock
(substance-meronym) wood
(derivation) log
2. an implement used in baseball by the batter
(synonym) baseball bat
(hypernym) bat
(part-meronym) handle, grip, handgrip, hold
Verb
1. move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
(synonym) pound
(hypernym) walk
2. cut lumber, as in woods and forests
(synonym) log
(hypernym) fell, drop, strike down, cut down
(derivation) timber
Lumber
(v. i.)
To move heavily, as if burdened.
(v. i.)
To make a sound as if moving heavily or clumsily; to rumble.
(v. i.)
To cut logs in the forest, or prepare timber for market.
(n.)
Timber sawed or split into the form of beams, joists, boards, planks, staves, hoops, etc.; esp., that which is smaller than heavy timber.
(n.)
Old or refuse household stuff; things cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of small value.
(n.)
A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
(b. t.)
To heap together in disorder.
(b. t.)
To fill or encumber with lumber; as, to lumber up a room.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Lumber
To dream of lumber, denotes many difficult tasks and but little remuneration or pleasure.
To see piles of lumber burning, indicates profit from an unexpected source.
To dream of sawing lumber, denotes unwise transactions and unhappiness.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see:
Guttenberg Project