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lumber

/ˈlʌm.bər/
noun★Intermediate
general

Raw, unfinished wood used in construction or carpentry.

The store sells lumber by the board foot.

The shop sells unprocessed wood measured in board feet.

We need more lumber to finish the house frame.

Additional timber is required to complete the house's structural frame.

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Usually refers to logs, planks, or beams that have not been shaped or finished.

informal

To move in a heavy, clumsy, or awkward way.

He lumbered across the room after the long hike.

He walked heavily and awkwardly across the room.

The elephant lumbered through the forest.

The elephant moved slowly and heavily through the woods.

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Often used to describe large animals or people moving slowly and heavily.

Collocations

lumber yarda place where raw wood is stored and soldlumber milla factory that processes logs into planks and boardslumber industrythe sector that produces and trades raw wood
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