lumber¹ /lumˈbər/

1. Furniture stored away out of use
2. Anything cumbersome or useless
3. Timber, esp sawn or split for use (N American)

1. To fill with lumber
2. To heap together in confusion
3. To burden with something, eg a task or responsibility, that is unwanted or troublesome (informal)
4. To cut the timber from

To work as a lumberjack

lumˈberer noun

A lumberjack

lumˈbering noun

Felling, sawing and removal of timber

lumˈber-camp noun

A lumberman's camp

lumˈberjack or lumˈberman noun

Someone employed in the felling, sawing, etc of timber

lumˈberjacket noun

A man's jacket, usu in bold-patterned heavy material

lumˈber-mill noun

A sawmill

lumber room noun

A room for storing things not in use

lumˈber-yard noun

A timber-yard

lumber² /lumˈbər/

1. To move heavily and clumsily
2. To rumble

lumˈberer noun

lumˈbering adjective

lumˈberly or lumˈbersome adjective

lumˈbersomeness noun

lumber³ /lumˈbər/ (slang)

1. Flirtation, sexual play
2. A casual sexual partner

To have a casual sexual relationship with (someone)

lumber⁴ /lumˈbər/ (slang)

1. Pawn (archaic)
2. A pawnshop (archaic)
3. Prison

1. To pawn
2. To imprison

lumˈberer noun (obsolete)

A pawnbroker

lumˈber-pieˈ noun

A pie of meat or fish, with eggs

in lumber (slang)

1. In trouble
2. In prison

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