| Front | lumber |
|---|---|
| Back | noun, verbBrE /ˈlʌmbə(r)/NAmE /ˈlʌmbər/ noun [uncountable]1 (especially NAmE) = timbera lumber mill 2 (BrE) pieces of furniture, and other large objects that you do not use any morea lumber room (= for storing lumber in) verb 1 [intransitive] + adv./prep. to move in a slow, heavy and awkward wayA family of elephants lumbered by. The huge convoy of trucks lumbered out of the city. 2 [transitive, usually passive] ~ sb (with sb/sth)(informal) to give sb a responsibility, etc, that they do not want and that they cannot get rid ofWhen our parents went out, my sister got lumbered with me for the evening. She might say ‘Yes’. Then you'd be lumbered. |
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