lumber

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. wood, logs, timber; planks, boards, paneling, etc. See materials. —v. trudge, plod, hobble, bumble. See slowness.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. cut timber, logs, sawed timber, forest products, boards, hardwood, softwood, lumbering products; see also timber 1 , tree , wood 2 .

Lumber includes: flooring, tongue and groove, siding, sheeting, shingle, trim, beam, post, plank, finish, lath, clapboard, walk board, timbers, tie, molding, plywood, particleboard, fiberboard, pressure-treated wood, welded wood, pressed wood, shake, scantling; two-by-four, two-by-six, two-by-eight, two-by-twelve, four-by-four, six-by-eight, one-by-four, one-by-six, one-by-twelve; see also beam 1 . Uses of lumber include: joist, rafter, plate, stringer, frame, ridge, planking, clapboarding, roofing, flooring, siding, paneling, decking, molding, cabinetwork, studding, door, door jamb, tread. Grades of lumber include: select, choice, clear, first and second clear, FAS, common, FAS common, cull.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

timber, wood, planks, boards, two- by-fours, milled wood, studs, posts, beams.

II

v.

clump, plod, stump, trudge, stamp, *clomp, drag, waddle, move heavily, move awkwardly.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb To move heavily: clump, galumph, hulk, lump1, stump. See MOVE.