lumber

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈlʌm.bə/

Noun

Canada US uncountable usually archaic figuratively obsolete slang vulgar

(Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. / (now rare) Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.

Japanese Meaning

建築材料として利用されるために板状に加工された木材 / （現代では稀）部屋を占有する、保管される古い家具やその他の物

What is this buttons?

We bought enough lumber to build a small deck over the weekend.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

週末に小さなデッキを作るのに十分な材木を買いました。

Details

Sense（1）

(Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.

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 lumber […] .

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Details

Sense（2）

(now rare) Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.

I was visited by the duke of L—, a friend of my lord, who found me sitting upon a trunk, in a poor little dining-room filled with lumber, and lighted with two bits of tallow-candle, which had been left over night.

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