Definition of lumber
Verbs
move heavily or clumsily
"The heavy man lumbered across the room"
- Synonyms:
- pound
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walk
use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
cut lumber, as in woods and forests
- Synonyms:
- log
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cut down, drop, fell, strike down
cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow
Nouns
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
- Synonyms:
- timber
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stock
lumber used in the construction of something
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strip
thin piece of wood or metal
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batten
a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
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cleat
a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
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fingerboard
a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
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furring, furring strip
strip used to give a level surface for attaching wallboard
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jackstraw, spillikin
a thin strip of wood used in playing the game of jackstraws
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pale, picket
a wooden strip forming part of a fence
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slat, spline
a thin strip (wood or metal)
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spline
a flexible strip (wood or rubber) used in drawing curved lines
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toothpick
pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth
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board, plank
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
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matchboard
a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)
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skid
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects
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strake, wale
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
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chipboard, hardboard
a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin
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deal
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
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planking
planks collectively; a quantity of planks
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building material
material used for constructing buildings
an implement used in baseball by the batter
- Synonyms:
- baseball bat
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baseball equipment
equipment used in playing baseball
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bat
a club used for hitting a ball in various games
Vocabulary Lists for lumber
Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" Chapters 1-12 »(287 words)
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- incommodious
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter" Intro + Chapters 1-7 »(650 words)
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- embroider
- imbue
- ignominy
- decapitate
- scaffold
Katherine Paterson's "Bridge to Terabithia" »(197 words)
Vocabulary study list for Katherine Paterson's "Bridge...
- giggle
- snicker
- huddle
- garble
- grove
Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" Chapters 1-16 »(65 words)
Vocabulary study list for Mark Twain's "Huckleberry...
- raspy
- haggle
- rummage
- welt
- browse
- Hale
- German ivy
- matt
- sleigh
- flats
Anne Frank's "Diary of a Young Girl" Part 1 »(173 words)
Vocabulary study list for Anne Frank's "Diary of a...
- immigrate
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- wangle
- faze
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