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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions lumber noun  (uncountable) wood, Wood intended as a building material. 1782, H. de Crèvecoeur, Letters from an American Farmer :Here they live by fishing on the most plentiful coasts in the world; there they fell trees, by the sides of large rivers, for masts and ; useless, Useless things that are stored away 1711, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism :... The bookful blockhead ignorantly read, / With loads of learned in his head, verb  (intransitive) to move clumsily 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary :...he was only apprized of the arrival of the Monkbarns division by the gee-hupping of the postilion, as the post-chaise lumbered up behind him. (transitive) to load down with things, to fill, to encumber 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak :The mean utensils, pewter measures, empty cans and casks, with which this room was lumbered, proclaimed it that of the host, who slept surrounded by his professional implements of hospitality and stock-in-trade. Etymology: Unknown      Full Definition of lumber  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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