Meaning of "lumber" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LUMBER

Perhaps from a noun use of lumber².

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LUMBER

ˈlʌmbə

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUMBER

Lumber is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lumber in English.

WHAT DOES LUMBER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lumber

Lumber or timber is a collective term for harvested wood that has been manufactured into boards and planks. This process is part of something called wood production. Lumber is predominantly used for structural purposes but has many other uses as well. Lumber is classified as hardwood or softwood. Lumber is supplied either rough-sawn as it came off of the saw or surfaced on one, two, three or all four sides. Besides pulpwood, rough lumber is the raw material for furniture-making and other items requiring additional cutting and shaping. It is available in many species, usually hardwoods, but it is also readily available in softwoods such as white pine and red pine because of their low cost. Finished lumber is supplied in standard sizes, mostly for the construction industry, primarily softwood from coniferous species including pine, fir and spruce, cedar, and hemlock, but also some hardwood, for high-grade flooring.

Definition of lumber in the English dictionary

The first definition of lumber in the dictionary is logs; sawn timber. Other definition of lumber is cut timber, esp when sawn and dressed ready for use in joinery, carpentry, etc. Lumber is also useless household articles that are stored away.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LUMBER

PRESENT

Present

I lumber

you lumber

he/she/it lumbers

we lumber

you lumber

they lumber

Present continuous

I am lumbering

you are lumbering

he/she/it is lumbering

we are lumbering

you are lumbering

they are lumbering

Present perfect

I have lumbered

you have lumbered

he/she/it has lumbered

we have lumbered

you have lumbered

they have lumbered

Present perfect continuous

I have been lumbering

you have been lumbering

he/she/it has been lumbering

we have been lumbering

you have been lumbering

they have been lumbering

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I lumbered

you lumbered

he/she/it lumbered

we lumbered

you lumbered

they lumbered

Past continuous

I was lumbering

you were lumbering

he/she/it was lumbering

we were lumbering

you were lumbering

they were lumbering

Past perfect

I had lumbered

you had lumbered

he/she/it had lumbered

we had lumbered

you had lumbered

they had lumbered

Past perfect continuous

I had been lumbering

you had been lumbering

he/she/it had been lumbering

we had been lumbering

you had been lumbering

they had been lumbering

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will lumber

you will lumber

he/she/it will lumber

we will lumber

you will lumber

they will lumber

Future continuous

I will be lumbering

you will be lumbering

he/she/it will be lumbering

we will be lumbering

you will be lumbering

they will be lumbering

Future perfect

I will have lumbered

you will have lumbered

he/she/it will have lumbered

we will have lumbered

you will have lumbered

they will have lumbered

Future perfect continuous

I will have been lumbering

you will have been lumbering

he/she/it will have been lumbering

we will have been lumbering

you will have been lumbering

they will have been lumbering

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would lumber

you would lumber

he/she/it would lumber

we would lumber

you would lumber

they would lumber

Conditional continuous

I would be lumbering

you would be lumbering

he/she/it would be lumbering

we would be lumbering

you would be lumbering

they would be lumbering

Conditional perfect

I would have lumber

you would have lumber

he/she/it would have lumber

we would have lumber

you would have lumber

they would have lumber

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been lumbering

you would have been lumbering

he/she/it would have been lumbering

we would have been lumbering

you would have been lumbering

they would have been lumbering

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you lumber
we let´s lumber
you lumber

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to lumber

Past participle

lumbered

Present Participle

lumbering

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «LUMBER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «lumber» and belong to the same grammatical category.

burden · clump · clutter · encumber · jumble · junk · land · load · plod · refuse · rubbish · saddle · shamble · shuffle · stump · trash · trudge · trumpery · trundle · waddle

TRANSLATION OF LUMBER

Find out the translation of lumber to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lumber from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lumber» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 木材
• Translator English - Spanish: madera
• English: lumber
• Translator English - Hindi: लकड़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: الخشب
• Translator English - Russian: пиломатериалы
• Translator English - Portuguese: lenha
• Translator English - Bengali: কাঠ চেরাই
• Translator English - French: bois
• Translator English - Malay: Kayu
• Translator English - German: Holz
• Translator English - Japanese: 材木
• Translator English - Korean: 목재
• Translator English - Javanese: Kayu
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gỗ
• Translator English - Tamil: மரம் வெட்டுதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: जंगलात लाकूडतोड
• Translator English - Turkish: kereste
• Translator English - Italian: legname
• Translator English - Polish: graty
• Translator English - Ukrainian: пиломатеріали
• Translator English - Romanian: cherestea
• Translator English - Greek: ξυλεία
• Translator English - Afrikaans: hout
• Translator English - Swedish: lumber
• Translator English - Norwegian: trelast

4 QUOTES WITH «LUMBER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lumber.

1

Jim Bishop

A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived, born, grows up and dies of old age in a day.

2

Paul Cellucci

Our ties are deep and long-standing. We are dependent on each other. And no matter what the issue of the day, whether it be softwood lumber, whether it be a war in Iraq, we need to continue to work together.

3

David McCullough

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

4

Frances E. Willard

In externals we advance with lightening express speed, in modes of thought and sympathy we lumber on in stage-coach fashion.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUMBER»

Discover the use of lumber in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lumber and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Factors determining lumber recovery in sawmilling

The focus is on how these factors affect volume recovery. Since value recovery is often affected somewhat differently by these factors, the emphasis on volume should be noted and the points made here not taken out of context. (Author).

Philip H. Steele, Forest Products Laboratory (U.S.), 1984

No Nails, No Lumber: The Bubble Houses of Wallace Neff

No Nails, No Lumber shows the beauty and versatility of Neff 's design in new and vintage photography, previously unpublished illustrations, and archival material and ephemera.

Jeffrey Head, 2011

The Softwood Lumber War: Politics, Economics, and the Long ...

This book is an unprecedentedly detailed evaluation of how the conflict began and how it was sustained for such a long period of time.

Daowei Zhang, 2007

Green Gold: The Story of the Hassinger Lumber Company of ...

This book contains the story of the Hassinger Lumber Company and its company town, Konnarock, as well as information about the Beaver Dam Railroad, the Laurel Railway (both located in the northeastern Tennessee county of Johnson), the ...

Doug McGuinn, 2008

The Tribe of Black Ulysses: African American Lumber Workers ...

The lumber industry employed more African American men than any other economic sector in the Southern States outside agriculture. This study explores the changing relationship to industrial work in three sawmill communities.

William Powell Jones, 2005

Kiln-drying of lumber

This book describes the fundamental basis of kiln-drying technology, enabling forest companies to improve their drying operations as high-quality timbers become scarcer and former wasteful practices can no longer be tolerated.

R. B. Keey, Timothy A. G. Langrish, J. C. F. Walker, 2000

The Used Lumber Project Book

In The Used Lumber Project Book, Kerry Pierce offers step-by-step instructions for using recycled material to build mixed-wood boxes, children's blocks, a desk caddy, country-style sofa table and more!

Kerry Pierce, 2003

The Measurement of Roundwood: Methodologies and Conversion ...

Lumber recovery, defined here as the amount and type of lumber recovered out of a given quantity of logs, is often misunderstood and difficult to gain insight into. This is due to the dynamics of many variables that often have opposing and ...

Matthew A. Fonseca, 2005

Structural Design in Wood

3. Production. and. Grading. of. Sawn. Lumber. Table 3-1. Minimum Standard Sizes for Dressed Lumber for Structural. 3-1. LUMBER PRODUCTION Lumber production has grown from the old axe and two-person saw process to a ...

Judith Stalnaker, Ernest Harris, 1997

Development and Testing of Plastic Lumber Materials for ...

Mechanical Testing Procedures Testing Problems and Issues The plastic lumber industry has had no standardized test methods to refer to. Available ASTM testing procedures for plastics are inadequate: they do not address the plastic lumber ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUMBER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lumber is used in the context of the following news items.

Crocker's adds lumber to its impressive inventory | The Batavian

America's most celebrated “helpful place” is celebrating the grand opening of its newest lumber yard, located in Le Roy. The new lumber yard is ... «The Batavian, Jul 15»

Iconic Greenville lumber company razed - The Clarion-Ledger

GREENVILLE – The story of Greenville Lumber Co. began with the aspirations of one man: Pete Sarullo. Sarullo was born Aug. 10, 1901, in ... «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»

Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL) in Focus | Markets Wired

[PRNewswire] Lumber Liquidators Holdings Inc (NYSE:LL)(TREND ANALYSIS) the largest specialty retailer of hardwood flooring in North ... «Markets Wired, Jul 15»

Lumber industry present through Pleasantville history - Titusville …

A second water-powered lumber mill was built on West Pithole Creek in Oil Creek Township, Venango County after 1810. The History of ... «Titusville Herald, Jul 15»

Crews battle fire at Aitkin county lumber yard | KBJR 6 & Range 11 …

Aitkin County (NNCNOW.com) -- Firefighters in Aitkin County have been battling a fire at a lumber yard for several hours late Sunday Afternoon. «Northland's NewsCenter, Jul 15»

Lumber River Day Festival brings fun by the water

Daryl Moody and his granddaughter Abby Griffin, 10, who was visiting from California, eat watermelon Saturday during the sixth annual Lumber ... «Fayetteville Observer, Jul 15»

Spotlight: Local lumber lifters training for Highland Games

Spotlight: Local lumber lifters training for Highland Games. Saved. Save Article; My Saved Items · Print Email. 2015-07-18T10:00:00Z 2015-07-19T18:21:03Z ... «STLtoday.com, Jul 15»

Fire destroyed a Green Valley lumber company

GREEN VALLEY, IL--A Tazewell county lumber company was destroyed by fire Thursday night. It happened just before 11:30 at Kingdom ... «CInewsNow, Jul 15»

Southcoast Reman lumber mill in Maple Ridge catches fire

Fire crews in Maple Ridge, B.C., have a knocked down an early morning fire at the Southcoast Reman lumber mill. The fire began Friday just ... «CBC.ca, Jul 15»

Fire Reported at Lumber Liquidators in Toano

Units from the James City-Bruton Volunteer Fire Department work to fight a fire at Lumber Liquidators on Friday. (Courtesy Billy Apperson). «Williamsburg Yorktown Daily, Jul 15»