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lumberyard

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈlʌmbɚˌjɑɹd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AH1 M B ER0 Y AA2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A facility dedicated to the preparation and sale of lumber.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'll just go to the lumberyard and buy some more two by fours so we can finish building this.
  • He got a job at the lumberyard, working the big saw for planks.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a workplace where lumber is stocked for sale

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: workplace, work

History

Etymology

From lumber + yard.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Esperanto: lignovendejo — facility
  • Finnish: lautatarha — facility
  • Finnish: puutavaraliike — facility
  • German: Holzplatz — facility
  • Macedonian: дрва́рница (drvárnica) — facility
  • Portuguese: madeireira — facility
  • Romanian: depozit de lemne — facility
  • Swedish: brädgård — facility