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lumberyard

[ luhm-ber-yahrd ]

noun

  1. a yard where lumber is stored for sale.


lumberyard

/ ˈlʌmbəˌjɑːd /

noun

  1. an establishment where timber and sometimes other building materials are stored or sold Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)timberyard


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lumberyard1

An Americanism dating back to 1780–90; lumber 1 + yard 2

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Example Sentences

Whether at REI or the tool store or the lumberyard, I am a kid in a candy store.

Other options include reclaimed and Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood from a local lumberyard or a modular bamboo conversion kit from a company like Adventure Wagon that’s compatible with Mercedes Sprinter and Ford Transit vans.

My childhood jobs were detassling seed corn and working at a lumberyard.

Later he drinks in working-class bars and works in a Hasidic-owned lumberyard.

I heard him say he had a place in the Bobbsey lumberyard, but I never thought I'd meet you.

I saw several salesmen and laborers in the lumberyard, but there was no one in the counting-room.

From the window there was an unobstructed view of a lumberyard, beyond which frowned the blackened walls of a factory.

I think you had better go and see him, if you can leave the lumberyard, Dick.

Three miles below the city was the Island on which many voters were working in a saw-mill and lumberyard.

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