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What (who) is lumber room - definition

Lumber room

ROOM TO STORE CURRENTLY UN-NEEDED FURNITURE

Lumber rooms; Lumber-room; Lumber-rooms

In British usage, a lumber room is a room in a house used primarily for storing unused furniture. British stately homes often had more furniture than could be used at one time, and storing the furniture for future use was more common than selling or discarding it.

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lumber room

ROOM TO STORE CURRENTLY UN-NEEDED FURNITURE

Lumber rooms; Lumber-room; Lumber-rooms

¦ noun Brit. a room for storing disused or bulky things.

lumber

WOOD THAT HAS BEEN PROCESSED INTO BEAMS AND PLANKS

Dimensional lumber; Dimensional wood; Dimension wood; Dimension lumber; Timbered; Felled tree; Timber tree; Timber; Dimensioned lumber; Dimensioned timber; Rough lumber; Dimensional timber; Timbers; Dimber; 2x4 wood; 2x4 board; Lumber grade; 2×4 wood; 2×4 board; Structural wood

I

n. (esp. AE) green; seasoned lumber (CE has timber)

II

v. (P; intr.) the bear lumbered through the forest

III

v. (colloq.) (BE) (D; tr.) ('to burden') to lumber with (I've been lumbered with all their problems)

Examples of use of lumber room

1. Because the place was so remote, whoever came to dinner had to stay the night, Robert Woof would explain to visitors standing in the tiny guest bedroom described by Dorothy as a bit of a lumber room.