Lumber

What “Lumber” means

Noun

1. Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material.
2. Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away.
3. Useless or cumbrous material.
4. A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn.
5. A baseball bat.

Verb

1. To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
2. To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
3. To heap together in disorder.
4. To fill or encumber with lumber.
5. To pawn (goods).

Where the word comes from

Exact origin unknown. The earliest recorded reference for the noun was to heavy, useless objects such as old, discarded furniture. Perhaps from the verb lumber in reference to meaning "awkward to move"; Online Etymological Dictionary thinks this may derive from the same root as lame. Possibly influenced by Lumbar, an obsolete variant of Lombard, the Italian immigrant class known for being pawnbrokers and money-lenders in early England. Compare English lumpish.

Business name ideas with “Lumber”

Industries where “Lumber” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing
• Lumber, Plywood, Millwork, and Wood Panel Merchant Wholesalers