Good lumber is hard to find these days.
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Lumber
//ˈlʌm.bə//
Synonyms for "lumber" (243 found)
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Closest matches (49)
Strong matches (73)
difficultydisadvantagedragdriftwooddustembarrassembarrassmentencumberencumbranceenmeshensnarlentangleentoilentrammelentrapentwinefaux pasfetterfirewoodflounce
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flounderfootfootslogfreightfumblehalthamperhamstringhandicaphardwoodheaphinderhippety-hophitchhobblehopimpedeimpedimentimpedimentaimpose uponimpositioninconvenienceinvolvejogjog onjoltjumblejumpjunkladelamelandlathlathinglathworklimelimplitterloadlungelurchmarmincemiscuemuddlemuffmurdernetodds and ends
Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related words (121)
onusoverloadpacepackpaddlepanelboardpanelingpanelworkpegpenaltypiaffepiafferplankplankingplanksplay havoc withplodplod alongplugplug along
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4 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
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2 entrieshas context
4 entrieshas property
1 entriesis a
9 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 31 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- خَشَب noun (wood as building material)
Bulgarian
4 entries- дървен материа́л noun (wood as building material)
- дърво́ noun (wood as building material)
- движа се тромаво verb (To move clumsily and heavily.)
- натоварвам verb (To encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.)
Catalan
1 entries- fusta (per a la construcció) noun (wood as building material)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 木料 noun (wood as building material)
- 木材 noun (wood as building material)
Czech
1 entries- řezivo noun (wood as building material)
Dutch
1 entries- timmerhout noun (wood as building material)
Finnish
1 entries- puutavara noun (wood as building material)
French
1 entries- bois de charpente noun (wood as building material)
Galician
1 entries- madeira serrada noun (wood as building material)
German
1 entries- Bauholz noun (wood as building material)
Greek
1 entries- ξυλεία noun (wood as building material)
Hungarian
1 entries- épületfa noun (wood as building material)
Irish
1 entries- crainn leagtha noun (wood as building material)
Italian
2 entries- legname noun (wood as building material)
- arrancare verb (To move clumsily and heavily.)
Japanese
2 entries- 木材 noun (wood as building material)
- 材木 noun (wood as building material)
Korean
2 entries- 각목 noun (wood as building material)
- 제목 noun (wood as building material)
Latin
1 entries- tignum noun (wood as building material)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mediena noun (wood as building material)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- drjewo noun (wood as building material)
Macedonian
2 entries- др́вена гра́ѓа noun (wood as building material)
- др́во noun (wood as building material)
Māori
1 entries- māngaingai verb (To move clumsily and heavily.)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- كرسته noun (wood as building material)
Persian
2 entries- الوار noun (wood as building material)
- لاپه noun (wood as building material)
Portuguese
1 entries- madeira serrada noun (wood as building material)
Romanian
1 entries- cherestea noun (wood as building material)
Russian
4 entries- де́рево noun (wood as building material)
- деревоматериа́л noun (wood as building material)
- древеси́на noun (wood as building material)
- лесоматериа́л noun (wood as building material)
Spanish
2 entries- madera aserrada noun (wood as building material)
- maderos aserrados noun (wood as building material)
Swedish
3 entries- virke noun (wood as building material)
- klampa verb (To move clumsily and heavily.)
- lufsa verb (To move clumsily and heavily.)
Tagalog
1 entries- kalap noun (wood as building material)
Tarifit
1 entries- tafrewt noun (wood as building material)
Turkish
1 entries- kereste noun (wood as building material)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The vessel was loaded with coal, lumber, and so on.
Source: tatoeba (45713)
They will send us lumber.
Source: tatoeba (306731)
Tom, this lumber, sat at one end of this sentence, while, too light to counterbalance him, on the other side, sat Mary.
Source: tatoeba (1077415)
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