lumber

lumber
lumber1
—lumberer, n. —lumberless, adj.
/lum"beuhr/, n.
1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
2. miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.
v.i.
3. to cut timber and prepare it for market.
4. to become useless or to be stored away as useless.
v.t.
5. to convert (a specified amount, area, etc.) into lumber: We lumbered more than a million acres last year.
6. to heap together in disorder.
7. to fill up or obstruct with miscellaneous useless articles; encumber.
[1545-55; orig. n. use of LUMBER2; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements]
lumber2
—lumberly, adj.
/lum"beuhr/, v.i.
1. to move clumsily or heavily, esp. from great or ponderous bulk: overloaded wagons lumbering down the dirt road.
2. to make a rumbling noise.
[1300-50; ME lomeren; cf. dial. Sw lomra to resound, loma to walk heavily]
Syn. 1. trudge, barge, plod.

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Collective term for harvested wood, whether cut into logs, heavy timbers, or members used in light-frame construction.

Lumber is classified as hardwood or softwood (see wood). The term often refers specifically to the products derived from logs in a sawmill. Conversion of logs to sawed lumber involves debarking, sawing into boards or slabs, resawing into thinner boards of varying sizes, edging, crosscutting to square the ends and remove defects, grading according to strength and appearance, and drying in the open air or in kilns. Drying below the fiber-saturation point results in shrinkage and generally greater strength, stiffness, and density and better prepares the wood for finishing. Preservatives are often applied to protect the wood from deterioration and decay.

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