Lumber
noun
Cut pieces of tree used for building.
He bought some lumber to build a bookshelf.
Often appears as...
- lumber mill
- lumber yard
verb
Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
He lumbered into the room with a heavy box.
verb
To burden someone or something.
She was lumbered with the responsibility of organizing the event.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
Useless things that take up space.
His garage is filled with old lumber.
Often appears as...
- piece of lumber
- stack of lumber
noun
Cut pieces of tree used for building.
He bought some lumber to build a bookshelf.
Often appears as...
- lumber mill
- lumber yard
verb
Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.
He lumbered into the room with a heavy box.
verb
To burden someone or something.
She was lumbered with the responsibility of organizing the event.
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
Useless things that take up space.
His garage is filled with old lumber.
Often appears as...
- piece of lumber
- stack of lumber
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Material
Refers to processed wood for structures; remember it's a building context, not small-scale crafting.
The cabin was made from pine lumber.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Places
Often linked with where it's processed or sold, like 'lumber mill' or 'lumber yard.'
We'll get our supplies from the local lumber yard.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Smooth
'Rough lumber' means it's unprocessed and textured, not smooth.
The chair was carved from rough lumber.
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Material
Refers to processed wood for structures; remember it's a building context, not small-scale crafting.
The cabin was made from pine lumber.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Places
Often linked with where it's processed or sold, like 'lumber mill' or 'lumber yard.'
We'll get our supplies from the local lumber yard.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Smooth
'Rough lumber' means it's unprocessed and textured, not smooth.
The chair was carved from rough lumber.
Pro Tip 1/3Construction Material
Refers to processed wood for structures; remember it's a building context, not small-scale crafting.
The cabin was made from pine lumber.
Pro Tip 2/3Associated Places
Often linked with where it's processed or sold, like 'lumber mill' or 'lumber yard.'
We'll get our supplies from the local lumber yard.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Smooth
'Rough lumber' means it's unprocessed and textured, not smooth.
The chair was carved from rough lumber.
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Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
it might help to have some extra imagery to remind you how many calories are going to be coming at you. How about enabling the pathologist to use their cell phone to see at a microscopic level and to lumber that data back to the cloud and make better diagnostics? In fact, the whole era of laboratory medicine is completely changing.
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The breathtaking courage...
Lumbering increased Minty’s physical strength and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North. From them, Minty learned about the secret communications that occurred along trade routes, information that would prove invaluable later in her life.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
Stiff legged, with long, lumbering steps, very slow and awkward. Almost like what you'd see in Parkinson's disease. Maybe something's wrong with his basal ganglia? Those are a collection of deep brain regions that regulate movement, through a neurochemical called dopamine.
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Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
positioned with this afternoon light if the lumber goes up that tree it's going to be gorgeous Aidan seven years old she climbs up this she's got a very very sharp claws and if she is a cat she's just a very big one and they are very very good at climbing
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One Man’s Mission to...
redwood lumber we may well be reminded of its ancient history for this is lumber from a species of tree that has survived for millions of years trees that live to be two and four thousand years old the tallest biggest oldest trees in the world
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Grizzly Bears vs. Wolves...
calves but it's interesting because one day you know my valley this spring our team observed two elk calves killed by wolves two killed by grizzly bears the calves our fleet and agile even at this young age but the deceptively lumbering
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Re-adapting to Indian...
untruth to another person so is it an elephant charging ahead is it a butterfly floating along is it a elephant weighing down or being lifted up is it strong is it lumbering you know India is all of those
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Wolves vs. Grizzly Bears...
team observed two elk calves killed by wolves two killed by grizzly bears the calves our fleet and agile even at this young age but the deceptively lumbering grizzly can reach a top speed of 30
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Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
might lose you for a second folks Rickson said he saw two lumber but I didn't see her so we haven't seen her
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Dinosaurs: Just Big...
Most were the lumbering plant eaters like Diplodocus and the armoured stegosaurus.
Video examples
Daniel Kraft: Medicine's...
it might help to have some extra imagery to remind you how many calories are going to be coming at you. How about enabling the pathologist to use their cell phone to see at a microscopic level and to lumber that data back to the cloud and make better diagnostics? In fact, the whole era of laboratory medicine is completely changing.
Video examples
The breathtaking courage...
Lumbering increased Minty’s physical strength and put her in touch with free black sailors who shipped the wood to the North. From them, Minty learned about the secret communications that occurred along trade routes, information that would prove invaluable later in her life.
Video examples
Diagnosing a zombie:...
Stiff legged, with long, lumbering steps, very slow and awkward. Almost like what you'd see in Parkinson's disease. Maybe something's wrong with his basal ganglia? Those are a collection of deep brain regions that regulate movement, through a neurochemical called dopamine.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 146 PIPE...
positioned with this afternoon light if the lumber goes up that tree it's going to be gorgeous Aidan seven years old she climbs up this she's got a very very sharp claws and if she is a cat she's just a very big one and they are very very good at climbing
Video examples
One Man’s Mission to...
redwood lumber we may well be reminded of its ancient history for this is lumber from a species of tree that has survived for millions of years trees that live to be two and four thousand years old the tallest biggest oldest trees in the world
Video examples
Grizzly Bears vs. Wolves...
calves but it's interesting because one day you know my valley this spring our team observed two elk calves killed by wolves two killed by grizzly bears the calves our fleet and agile even at this young age but the deceptively lumbering
Video examples
Re-adapting to Indian...
untruth to another person so is it an elephant charging ahead is it a butterfly floating along is it a elephant weighing down or being lifted up is it strong is it lumbering you know India is all of those
Video examples
Wolves vs. Grizzly Bears...
team observed two elk calves killed by wolves two killed by grizzly bears the calves our fleet and agile even at this young age but the deceptively lumbering grizzly can reach a top speed of 30
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 166 PIPE...
might lose you for a second folks Rickson said he saw two lumber but I didn't see her so we haven't seen her
Video examples
Dinosaurs: Just Big...
Most were the lumbering plant eaters like Diplodocus and the armoured stegosaurus.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Will Sasso
Canadian Actor
Pretty soon I may have to go back to Canada and buy that lumberyard I've always wanted. I'll probably sell some lumber, bring in some lumber... look at exploiting that lumber somehow. I'm not very schooled in it, but being an actor I feel that I have a keen sensibility with regard to the world of lumber because those two businesses are so similar.
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Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around with all this wood in our small place. We'd finish putting it away, and then we'd play that piano. I'll be eternally grateful to him.
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Maryanne Trump Barry
American Judge
My father's father died when he was a teenager, and dad went to work to support his mother and two siblings as a carpenter and as a builder's mule, hauling carts of lumber to construction sites when it was too icy for the mules to climb the hills.
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Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality.
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John Carroll Lynch
American Actor
I never think of myself as lumbering, but I guess I am. I forget how huge I am sometimes. I've seen movies where I'm with a group of people, and I'm like, 'God, I'm just so gargantuanly bigger than anyone else there.
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Paul Cellucci
American Politician
Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.
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Kelly Macdonald
Scottish Actress
I don't think I've been shy in the past. Young and uncomfortable, maybe. But shy? It has become this annoying term that I've been lumbered with.
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Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
I've been on camels before, lumbering slowly through the desert - not hugely exciting, but I enjoyed the 'Lawrence of Arabia' vibe.
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Frances E. Willard
American Activist
In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
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Sara Gideon
American Politician
Maine's lumber and forest products industry is key to our state's economy and supports thousands of jobs across the state.
Quote examples
Will Sasso
Canadian Actor
Pretty soon I may have to go back to Canada and buy that lumberyard I've always wanted. I'll probably sell some lumber, bring in some lumber... look at exploiting that lumber somehow. I'm not very schooled in it, but being an actor I feel that I have a keen sensibility with regard to the world of lumber because those two businesses are so similar.
Quote examples
Johnny Mathis
American Musician
Dad would come home from doing odd jobs, and sometimes he'd come home late at night with lumber, and he'd rumble around with all this wood in our small place. We'd finish putting it away, and then we'd play that piano. I'll be eternally grateful to him.
Quote examples
Maryanne Trump Barry
American Judge
My father's father died when he was a teenager, and dad went to work to support his mother and two siblings as a carpenter and as a builder's mule, hauling carts of lumber to construction sites when it was too icy for the mules to climb the hills.
Quote examples
Yasmine Hamdan
Lebanese Musician
World music can be sometimes like the lumber room in which all the non-English singers are dumped. When you are singing in Arabic, no matter what your style of music or artistic proposition is, you are faced with some of that reality.
Quote examples
John Carroll Lynch
American Actor
I never think of myself as lumbering, but I guess I am. I forget how huge I am sometimes. I've seen movies where I'm with a group of people, and I'm like, 'God, I'm just so gargantuanly bigger than anyone else there.
Quote examples
Paul Cellucci
American Politician
Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.
Quote examples
Kelly Macdonald
Scottish Actress
I don't think I've been shy in the past. Young and uncomfortable, maybe. But shy? It has become this annoying term that I've been lumbered with.
Quote examples
Fiona Bruce
British Journalist
I've been on camels before, lumbering slowly through the desert - not hugely exciting, but I enjoyed the 'Lawrence of Arabia' vibe.
Quote examples
Frances E. Willard
American Activist
In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.
Quote examples
Sara Gideon
American Politician
Maine's lumber and forest products industry is key to our state's economy and supports thousands of jobs across the state.
Example 1 of 10
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