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Imagine robot planters the size of small bears, lumbering slowly around gardens and parks, looking for a place to sun themselves.
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Touted as a potential future James Bond on various occasions over the last decade, Jonathan Rhys Meyers appears to have made his audition reel in Damascus Cover, a lumbering old-school spy thriller by Israeli writer-director Daniel Zelik Berk.
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The Mariners, a club with a lot of lumbering everyday players, such as Nelson Cruz, have played (and won) a ton of one-run games early this season.
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Subtropical Storm Alberto lumbered ashore Monday on the U.S. Gulf Coast, pelting white sand beaches with blustery winds and stinging rain that kept the usual Memorial Day crowds away.
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So much of what happens in the years after your child is born is a slow process of finding yourself, lumbering out of that warm mother cave and shivering in the delicious chill.
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So here was Patrick Reed, barrel-chested and more, lumbering up the 18th fairway Sunday evening at Augusta National Golf Club.
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Evolved from slow, lumbering, and malfunctioning origins, the modern Main Battle Tank can cross long distances rapidly and engage targets at ranges unimaginable to soldiers and commanders in World War I trenches.
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At this point in June 2007, Congress was lumbering its way toward inevitable failure on immigration legislation.
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Origin and Etymology of lumber
Middle English lomeren
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of lumber
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: surplus or disused articles (such as furniture) that are stored away
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: timber or logs especially when dressed for use
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: any of various structural materials prepared in a form similar to lumber
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lumber
adjectiveExamples of lumber in a Sentence
He works for a lumber company.
had a clearout of all his old lumber and finally got rid of it
Recent Examples of lumber from the Web
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The house, built only a few blocks from the 143rd Street railroad station, was made in an architectural style common at the time and used lightweight lumber available through the railroad.
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Thus salvage lumber used for greater sustainability can lead to earth-to wood contact for an unsustainable application.
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Higher costs on lumber, caused by tariffs and forest fires, and on other building products have further squeezed small builders.
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Tariffs imposed recently by the Trump administration on some of the country’s biggest trading partners are driving up the prices of lumber, steel, aluminum, and other building materials.
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The United States and Canada, for example, have squabbled for decades over softwood lumber.
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The United States and Canada, for example, have squabbled for decades over softwood lumber.
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The United States and Canada, for example, have squabbled for decades over softwood lumber.
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The United States and Canada, for example, have squabbled for decades over softwood lumber.
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Origin and Etymology of lumber
perhaps from Lombard; from the use of pawnshops as storehouses of disused property
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First Known Use: 1552
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearFirst Known Use of lumber
1642
LUMBER Defined for English Language Learners
lumber
Definition of lumber for English Language Learners
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: wooden boards or logs that have been sawed and cut for use
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: large objects that are no longer used or wanted
LUMBER Defined for Kids
Definition of lumber for Students
lumbered;
lumbering
: to move in a slow or awkward way
- An elephant lumbered along the road.
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