lumber

[US]/ˈlʌmbə(r)/
[UK]/ˈlʌmbər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. timber, wood materials
vt. & vi. to cut down trees, to log
vt. to pile up with useless things
vi. to move clumsily

Phrases & Collocations

lumber industry

lumber yard

lumberjack

lumber processing

lumber shortage

lumber prices

sustainable lumber

imported lumber

Example Sentences

A heavy truck lumbered by.

A rhinoceros lumbered towards them.

there were loud protests from the lumber barons.

timber used for the production of lumber and paper.

a wagon lumbering along an unpaved road;

A team of bulldozers lumbered up the steep incline.

a truck filled his mirror and lumbered past.

the banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell.

assess, from the speed of the lumbering Ford Trimotor aircraft and his watch, the size of the fire;

The HYSTER story began in 1929 in the North American Lumber industry, with the supply of logging winches.

I was lumbered with carrying the books from the ground floor to the six floor.

Have you noticed that Mr Dickens lumbered a little in his walk?

Next on its trip to becoming a lumber product, the debarked log is evaluated by scanners with "electronic eyes".

I'm so sick of those giant lumbering oafs,clomping around with their massive shoes like they're so cool.

Manipuility: South the pine lumber always is needs to carry on the compression treated timber the ideal tree seed.

Methods 65 patients were divided into group A and B.Group A were treated by lumber traction combine with warm and low circle wave electrostimulation.

It was in this room that he kept disused portmanteaus, battered japanned cases, and other lumber;and it was in this room that George Talboys had left his luggage.

Real-world Examples

Tenontosaurus is a very heavy, slow, lumbering animal.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Underneath the entire superstructure there's enough lumber to build about 42 large houses.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2018 Collection

I then lumbered back into bed and started to drift off.

Source: Advanced American English by Lai Shih-hsiung

Look at it just lumbering around.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 1 (Bilingual)

Lumber is getting more expensive in America.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2022 Collection

Despite these advantages, CLT requires vastly more lumber than traditional wooden construction.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

Think lumber, think doors, think windows, think vanities.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Ankylosaurus is a slow lumbering plant eater.

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

We deconstructed those to get lumber.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2021 Collection

So lumber started disappearing from stores like Home Depot.

Source: CNN 10 Student English Compilation April 2021

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