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lumber

/ˈlʌm.bɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Lumber means: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.

Synonyms for lumber5

noun, as in the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

timber

noun, as in an implement used in baseball by the batter

baseball bat

verb, as in move heavily or clumsily

pound

verb, as in cut lumber, as in woods and forests

log

also used for lumber

wood

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What does lumber mean?4

noun

1

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

2

an implement used in baseball by the batter

verb

1

move heavily or clumsily“The heavy man lumbered across the room”

2

cut lumber, as in woods and forests

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with lumber?3

two syllables

numberslumber

three syllables

outnumber
Show 40 near rhymes
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Lumber in a sentence

  • The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.hecko
  • The town had three lumber mills, four shingle mills, and a gristmill.Jesse
  • Good lumber is hard to find these days.papabear
  • Sami grew up in a sleepy lumber town.OsoHombre
  • Ricardo picked up the lumber and now he's sawing it.fpp
  • You are like someone who builds a house from scrap lumber.AmarMecheri
  • The log of lumber burns slowly in the wood-stove.DJ_Saidez
  • It's hard to find good lumber these days.CK

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Forms of lumber

as a noun

plural
lumbers

as a verb

past tense
lumbered
present participle
lumbering
third-person singular
lumbers
past participle
lumbered