lumber room

lumber room
noun
a storeroom in a house where odds and ends can be stored (especially furniture)
• Hypernyms: ↑storeroom, ↑storage room, ↑stowage

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noun
1. : a room in which unused furniture and other discarded articles are kept : storeroom
2. : something resembling a lumber room

go through life … filling the lumber room of their minds with odds and ends of a grudge here, a jealousy there — J.L.Liebman

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Brit.
a room in a house used for storing odds-and-ends, esp. old furniture.
[1735-45]

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lumber room noun
A room for storing things not in use
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Main Entry: ↑lumber

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lumber room,
a room for lumber, or articles not in use.

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noun, pl ⋯ rooms [count]
Brit : a room for storing old pieces of furniture and other things that are not being used

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Lumber room — Lumber Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lumber room — n BrE a room where old furniture, broken machines etc are kept …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Lumber room — The phrase lumber room is found in British novels at least during the nineteenth century, and the use of the word lumber in this phrase is that found in many obsolescent turns of phrase heard in various English speaking countries. The large… …   Wikipedia

  • lumber room — Brit. a room in a house used for storing odds and ends, esp. old furniture. [1735 45] * * * …   Universalium

  • lumber room — noun Brit. a room for storing disused or bulky things …   English new terms dictionary

  • lumber room — noun (C) BrE a room where old furniture, broken machines etc are kept …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • lumber-room — /ˈlʌmbə rum/ (say lumbuh roohm) noun a room in a house used for storing furniture or the like which is not in use; boxroom …  

  • lumber room — noun Date: 1741 storeroom 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lumber-room — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lumber — Lum ber, n. [Prob. fr. Lombard, the Lombards being the money lenders and pawnbrokers of the Middle Ages. A lumber room was, according to Trench, originally a Lombard room, or room where the Lombard pawnbroker stored his pledges. See {Lombard}.] 1 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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