Translate lumber | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of lumber
noun
1chiefly
North American timber sawn into rough planks or otherwise partly prepared.
2chiefly
British articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space: [as modifier]:a lumber room
verb
1 [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
2 [with object] (usually
be lumbered with)
British informal burden (someone) with an unwanted responsibility, task, or set of circumstances.
