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Antonyms for lumber

Grammar : Verb
Spell : luhm-ber
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlʌm bər

Definition of lumber

Origin :
  • "timber sawn into rough planks," 1660s, American English (Massachusetts), earlier "disused bit of furniture; heavy, useless objects" (1550s), probably from lumber (v.), perhaps influenced by Lombard, from the Italian immigrants famous as pawnbrokers and money-lenders in England (see Lombard). Lumbar, Lumbard were old alternative forms of Lombard in English. The evolution of sense then would be because a lumber-house ("pawn shop") naturally accumulates odds and ends of furniture.
  • Live Lumber; soldiers or passengers on board a ship are so called by the sailors.LUMBER HOUSE. A house appropriated by thieves for the reception of their stolen property. ["Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence," London, 1811]
  • verb walk heavily, clumsily
  • verb burden
Example sentences :
  • As for furs and leather and lumber, no other town in the colonies compared with Albany.
  • Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
  • They stood knee-deep in the clutter and lumber, facing each other abjectly.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • I've bought some cheap ones at the lumber yard, and they're on the way.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • Mason was a millionaire and a lumber king, but every one called him Ed.
  • Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr
  • That lumber was going to be delivered, if he had to carry it himself, stick by stick.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • I'd hate to have to set on that porch when 'twas built of that lumber.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • So, in spite of Albert's promise, the Calvin lumber was not delivered on time.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Young man, if that lumber is not delivered to-day I shall cancel the order.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • It must 'a' been a job to haul the lumber for that house up here.
  • Extract from : « The Duke Of Chimney Butte » by G. W. Ogden
  • At the lumber camp the work was almost at a standstill, and the sawmills were silent.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs

Synonyms for lumber

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