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# lumber

noun (no plural); verb (lumbers, lumbered, lumbering)

«lumber» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Lumber is timber, wood cut and ready for building. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#m1)
2. Lumber is old, useless things stored away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#m2)
3. To lumber is to move heavily and clumsily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#m3)

### In the lessons

in tales a house is built from lumber brought by cart; oxen lumber off with a yoke

### Examples

- The men carried lumber to build the barn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#x1)
- The attic was full of old lumber. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#x2)
- The bear lumbered off into the wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lumber» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lumber/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lumber» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lumber.html) on Mova free.