lumber

Pronunciation: /ˈlʌm.bə/

The English word “lumber” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
Useless or cumbrous material.
A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
A baseball bat.
An erect penis.

verb

To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
To heap together in disorder.
To fill or encumber with lumber.
To pawn (goods).

Etymology

Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being…

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