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Uncommonlumber
The correct spelling is lumber.
How to pronounce lumber
/ˈlʌm.bə/
nounIPA: /ˈlʌm.bə/
Say it like: Lum-ber
The correct spelling is lumber. Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away. For example: "I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon."
Usage Examples
“I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon.”
“to lumber up a room”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
- 2.Useless or cumbrous material.
- 3.A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
- 4.Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
- 5.A baseball bat.
verb
- 1.To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
- 2.(with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on
- 3.To heap together in disorder.
- 4.To fill or encumber with lumber.
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