lumber
🇺🇸
/ˈlʌmbər/
🇬🇧
/ˈlʌmbə(r)/
noun
R
wood cut and ready for building things
We bought lumber to build a new shed.
R
old furniture and large items no longer used
The attic is full of old lumber we should throw away.
intransitive verb
R
to move slowly and heavily
The bear began to lumber through the forest.
R
to give someone an unwanted task or responsibility
I got lumbered with cleaning up after the party.
translation
wood cut and ready for building things; old furniture and large items no longer used
to move slowly and heavily; to give someone an unwanted task or responsibility
Word Forms
3rd Present
lumbers
Progressive
lumbering
Past
lumbered
Perfect
lumbered
Plural
lumbers