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lumber

noun

1 lumber

The wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material.

synonym: timber.

Roget 59: disorder; derangement etc. 61; irregularity; anomaly etc. (unconformity) 83; anarchy, anarchism; want of method; untidiness ... show more

Roget 706: prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage; embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception, interclusion; hindrance, impedition; retardment, ... show more

Roget 645: inutility; uselessness etc. adj.; inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, ... show more

Roget 636: stock, fund, mine, vein, lode, quarry; spring; fount, fountain; well, wellspring; milch cow.    stock in trade, supply; ... show more

Dutch: hout, kaphout, dakbalk, ruw hout, timmerhout

2 lumber

An implement used in baseball by the batter.

synonym: baseball bat.

Dutch: honkbalknuppel
Polish: kij baseballowy

verb

1 lumber

Move heavily or clumsily:
— The heavy man lumbered across the room.

synonym: pound.

Roget 706: hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite, embarrass.    keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, ... show more

Roget 275: move slowly etc. adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, ... show more

2 lumber

Cut lumber, as in woods and forests.

synonym: log.


Moby thesaurus: amble, barge, be all thumbs, beam, beams, billet, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, board, boarding, boards, boggle, botch, bowl along, bumble, bundle, bungle ... show more.

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