Lumber vs. Lumbar

Lumber vs. Lumbar — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Lumber and Lumbar

Lumbernoun

Wood intended as a building material.

Lumbaradjective

Related to the lower back or loin.

Lumbernoun

(UK) Useless things that are stored away.

Lumbaradjective

of or relating to or near the part of the back between the ribs and the hipbones;

lumbar vertebrae

Lumbernoun

(obsolete) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.

Lumbernoun

A baseball bat.

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Lumberverb

(intransitive) To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.

Lumberverb

To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on

They’ve lumbered me with all these suitcases.I got lumbered with that boring woman all afternoon.

Lumberverb

To heap together in disorder.

Lumberverb

To fill or encumber with lumber.

to lumber up a room

Lumbernoun

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

Lumbernoun

an implement used in baseball by the batter

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Lumberverb

move heavily or clumsily;

The heavy man lumbered across the room

Lumberverb

cut lumber, as in woods and forests