Lumber — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

an implement used in baseball by the batter

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈʌmbɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈʌmbə/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈʌmbə/

2 syllables Say it as /lˈʌmbɚ/.

Examples

The heavy man lumbered across the room

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

log baseball bat timber pound

Parts of Speech

noun	the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
noun	an implement used in baseball by the batter
verb	move heavily or clumsily “The heavy man lumbered across the room”
verb	cut lumber, as in woods and forests

Word Forms

lumber	verb	cut lumber, as in woods and forests
logger	noun	a person who fells trees
log	noun	a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
logging	noun	the work of cutting down trees for timber
lumber	noun	the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Holz

das Holz von Bäumen, das gefällt und für die Verwendung als Baumaterial vorbereitet wird

🇫🇷French

bois de charpente

le bois des arbres coupés et préparés pour être utilisés comme matériau de construction

🇪🇸Spanish

maderas

La madera de los árboles cortada y preparada para su uso como material de construcción.

🇮🇹Italian

legname

il legno degli alberi tagliato e preparato per essere utilizzato come materiale da costruzione

🇳🇱Dutch

timmerhout

het hout van bomen dat is gekapt en klaargemaakt voor gebruik als bouwmateriaal

🇵🇹Portuguese

madeira serrada

a madeira das árvores cortadas e preparadas para uso como material de construção

🇷🇺Russian

пиломатериалы

древесина деревьев, срубленная и подготовленная для использования в качестве строительного материала

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लकड़ी

निर्माण सामग्री के रूप में उपयोग के लिए पेड़ों की लकड़ी काटकर तैयार की जाती है

🇧🇩Bengali

কাঠ

গাছের কাঠ কেটে বিল্ডিং উপাদান হিসাবে ব্যবহারের জন্য প্রস্তুত করা হয়

🇮🇳Tamil

மரக்கட்டை

மரங்களின் மரம் வெட்டப்பட்டு, கட்டுமானப் பொருளாகப் பயன்படுத்தத் தயாராகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

కలప

చెట్ల కలపను కత్తిరించి నిర్మాణ సామగ్రిగా ఉపయోగించేందుకు సిద్ధం చేస్తారు

🇮🇳Marathi

लाकूड

झाडांचे लाकूड कापले आणि बांधकाम साहित्य म्हणून वापरण्यासाठी तयार केले

🇮🇳Gujarati

લાટી

વૃક્ષોનું લાકડું કાપીને મકાન સામગ્રી તરીકે ઉપયોગ માટે તૈયાર કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೌದೆ

ಮರಗಳ ಮರವನ್ನು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿ ಕಟ್ಟಡ ಸಾಮಗ್ರಿಯಾಗಿ ಬಳಸಲು ತಯಾರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തടി

മരങ്ങളുടെ മരം മുറിച്ച് നിർമ്മാണ സാമഗ്രിയായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുന്നതിന് തയ്യാറാക്കി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਲੱਕੜ

ਰੁੱਖਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੱਕੜ ਨੂੰ ਕੱਟਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਲਡਿੰਗ ਸਮੱਗਰੀ ਵਜੋਂ ਵਰਤੋਂ ਲਈ ਤਿਆਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

لکڑی

درختوں کی لکڑی کو کاٹ کر تعمیراتی مواد کے طور پر استعمال کے لیے تیار کیا جاتا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

木材

砍伐并准备用作建筑材料的木材

🇯🇵Japanese

木材

建築材料として使用するために切り出され、準備された木の木材

🇰🇷Korean

재목

건축자재로 사용하기 위해 나무를 잘라서 준비한 목재

🇻🇳Vietnamese

gỗ xẻ

gỗ của cây được cắt và chuẩn bị để sử dụng làm vật liệu xây dựng

🇹🇭Thai

ไม้แปรรูป

ไม้จากต้นไม้ที่ตัดแล้วเตรียมใช้เป็นวัสดุก่อสร้าง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kayu

kayu pohon ditebang dan disiapkan untuk digunakan sebagai bahan bangunan

🇵🇭Filipino

tabla

ang kahoy ng mga punong pinutol at inihanda para gamitin bilang materyales sa pagtatayo

🇲🇾Malay

kayu balak

kayu pokok yang dipotong dan disediakan untuk digunakan sebagai bahan binaan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الخشب

يتم قطع خشب الأشجار وإعداده لاستخدامه كمواد بناء

🇮🇷Persian

چوب

چوب درختان بریده شده و آماده برای استفاده به عنوان مصالح ساختمانی

🇹🇷Turkish

kereste

inşaat malzemesi olarak kullanılmak üzere kesilip hazırlanan ağaçlardan elde edilen odun

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֵץ

עץ העצים שנכרתו והוכנו לשימוש כחומר בניין

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