Lumber

/ˈlʌm.bə/ noun verb

Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.

What it means

  1. (noun) Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
  2. (noun) Useless or cumbrous material.
  3. (noun) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
  4. (noun) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
  5. (noun) A baseball bat.
  6. (verb) To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
  7. (verb) (with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on “I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon.”
  8. (verb) To heap together in disorder.
  9. (verb) To fill or encumber with lumber. “to lumber up a room”

Letter analysis

  • Lumber contains 6 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
  • It uses 6 unique letters.
  • Estimated syllable count: 2.
  • Scrabble-style letter score: 10.

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What does Lumber mean?

Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.

What are the anagrams of Lumber?

Valid anagrams: rumble.

How many letters are in Lumber?

Lumber has 6 letters.

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