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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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