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lumberless

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lum⋅ber

1  [luhm-ber]
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–noun
1. timber sawed or split into planks, boards, etc.
2. miscellaneous useless articles that are stored away.
–verb (used without object)
3. to cut timber and prepare it for market.
4. to become useless or to be stored away as useless.
–verb (used with object)
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.
Origin:
1545–55; orig. n. use of lumber 2 ; i.e., useless goods that weigh one down, impede one's movements

Related forms:
lum⋅ber⋅er, noun
lum⋅ber⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

lumber  (v.)
"to move clumsily," c.1300, lomere, probably from a Scand. source (cf. dial. Swed. loma "move slowly," O.N. lami "lame"), ultimately cognate with lame (adj.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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