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Synonyms for lumber
ˈlʌm bərlum·ber

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lumbernoun

    Synonyms:
    timber, wood

  2. lumbernoun

    to move clumsily

    Synonyms:
    timber, wood

  3. lumberverb

    to load down with things, to fill, to encumber

    Synonyms:
    timber, wood

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. lumbernoun

    Synonyms:
    trash, rubbish, refuse

    Antonyms:
    valuables, commodities, stock

  2. lumberverb

    Synonyms:
    choke, crowd, obstruct, encumber

    Antonyms:
    clear, disencumber, utilize, economize

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lumber, timbernoun

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

    Synonyms:
    woodland, tone, quality, timbre, timberland, forest, baseball bat, timber

  2. baseball bat, lumberverb

    an implement used in baseball by the batter

    Synonyms:
    baseball bat, timber

  3. lumber, poundverb

    move heavily or clumsily

    "The heavy man lumbered across the room"

    Synonyms:
    log, poke, impound, pound up, pound, pound off, ram down, thump, beat, ram

  4. log, lumberverb

    cut lumber, as in woods and forests

    Synonyms:
    pound, log

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. lumbernoun

    Synonyms:
    trash, trumpery, rubbish

  2. lumbernoun

    Synonyms:
    [U. s.] sawed or split timber

  3. lumberverb

    Synonyms:
    heap in disorder

  4. lumberverb

    Synonyms:
    fill with trumpery

  5. lumberverb

    Synonyms:
    trudge, move heavily

  6. lumberverb

    Synonyms:
    [U. S.] cut timber, prepare logs for lumber

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "lumber":

    timber, wood, sawing, sawn, lumbar, bois, woods, drink, softwood, wooden, sawnwood, sawmill

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#713log
#1623wood
#1879forest
#2724drink
#2851beat
#3213ram
#4082tone
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#4910pound
#4922wooden
#5598crowd
#7172timber
#7367refuse
#7949trash
#10491woodland
#11642lumber
#15089rubbish
#17153timberland
#20854poke
#21204choke
#22945lumbar
#23776bois
#35122sawmill
#39730obstruct
#41588thump
#42302sawing
#42743softwood
#55419timbre
#57842sawn
#73203impound
#98831encumber
#283346sawnwood

How to use lumber in a sentence?

  1. Conan Doyle:

    A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

  2. Matthew Pointon:

    There is some early evidence that lumber prices may now have peaked, but the shortage of labor will not be solved so quickly, and that means housing market conditions will remain tight for the remainder of the year.

  3. Jeffrey MezgerRandom-length:

    While lumber prices have gone up, we have been able to pass it on to the consumer with higher prices for homes, and there is still far more demand than there is supply.

  4. Barack Obama:

    This issue of softwood lumber will get resolved in some fashion ... undoubtedly to the dissatisfaction of all parties concerned, each side will want 100 percent, and we'll find a way for each side to get 60 percent or so of what they need, and people will complain and grumble, but it will be fine.

  5. Dave Barry:

    The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture, finished, and put inside boxes.


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