Lumberjack
/ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person whose work is to fell trees.
"He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory"
- 2 a short warm outer jacket wordnet
- 3 A lumberjacket.
- 4 a person who fells trees wordnet
Verb
- 1 To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees. transitive
"Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The lumberjack had a variety of axes for different jobs."
Etymology
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.