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lumber

/ˈlʌm.bɚ/ noun B2
  1. Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. (US, uncountable)
  2. Useless or cumbrous material. (figuratively, uncountable)
  3. A baseball bat. (slang, uncountable)
  4. An erect penis. (slang, uncountable)

Plural lumbers

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Mice among the lumber.
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 20 · C1
“I believe we have one or two left over,” she said, “but they’re upstairs in the lumber room.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 190 · C1
Their house was small, for the lumber to build it had to be carried by wagon many miles.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 1 · B2
Holmes spent the evening in rummaging among the files of the old daily papers with which one of our lumber-rooms was packed.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 87 · C1

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