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Pronunciation: /ˈlʌmbə/

Definition of lumber

[mass noun]

1British articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space: [as modifier]:a lumber room

2chiefly North American timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly prepared: he sat at a makeshift desk of unfinished lumber [as modifier]:a lumber company

1 [with object] (usually be lumbered with) British informal burden (someone) with something unwanted:the banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell

2 [no object] (usually as noun lumbering) chiefly North American cut and prepare forest timber for transport and sale: the traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

Origin:

mid 16th century: perhaps from lumber¹; later associated with obsolete lumber 'pawnbroker's shop'

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