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Definition of: lumber
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(lum′bər) noun
1. U.S. & Can. Timber sawed into board, planks, etc.
2. Disused articles laid aside.
3. Hence, rubbish, adjective Made of, pertaining to, or dealing in, lumber,
—v.t.
1. U.S. & Can. To cut down (timber); also, to cut down the timber of (an area).
2. To fill or obstruct with useless articles.
3. To heap in disorder.
—v.i.
4. U.S. & Can. To cut down or saw timber for marketing. [Var. of Lombard in obs. sense of “money-lender, pawnshop”; hence, stored articles]
—lum′ber·er noun
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