lumber

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Synonyms: umber, slumber, limber, lumbar, number, lubber, plumber, cumber, lamber, lumper, clumber

Antonyms: umber, slumber, limber, lumbar, number, lubber, plumber, cumber, lamber, lumper, clumber

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|North America}} [[wood|Wood]] sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|now|rare}} Old [[furniture]] or other items that take up room, or are stored away. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} Useless or [[cumbrous]] material. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[pawnbroker]]'s shop, or room for storing articles put in [[pawn]]; hence, a pledge, or pawn. {{defdate|17th–18th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|baseball|slang}} A [[baseball bat]].
6. {{lb|en|slang|vulgar}} An [[erect]] [[penis]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[move]] [[clumsily]] and [[heavily]]; to move [[slowly]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive|with ''with''}} To [[load]] down with things, to [[fill]], to [[encumber]], to impose an unwanted burden on.
3. To heap together in disorder.
4. To fill or encumber with lumber.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|slang|obsolete}} To [[pawn]] (goods).

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