My dad bought lumber so we could build a fence around our house. From LearnThat.org.
Ain't I got two teams haulin 'lumber for the new winery? An'. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 21] Reference
"At the way lumber is now," he said, "four thousand could do it.". From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 44] Reference
Raw lumber is the rule; quality finished lumber is hard to come by. From Wordnik.com. [Power tools] Reference
Roughcut lumber is cheaper, stronger, and looks better than kiln-dried lumber. From Wordnik.com. [Oh Oh...Another Project Too Big To Do Easily: Build a Raised Bed Garden] Reference
Suddenly, lumber is the most fascinating subject on earth as far as Olenka is concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Backyard describes lumber from the tree scientifically named Cunninghamia lanceolata as cedar. From Wordnik.com. [Unclean hands, covered with cedar chips] Reference
A new matrix enters the equation with the heavy increase in lumber prices, as today reported in the NY Times. From Wordnik.com. [Housing Bubble, Again, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
We are trying to sit down with those pulp companies and avoid a repetition of our failures in lumber in Southern Ontario. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Ontario] Reference
At a Holiday Inn near the freeway here, a conference room was packed Tuesday with some big lumber from the legal profession. From Wordnik.com. [Oil spill hearings focus on who was in charge after the blast] Reference
The demand for lumber is going to be the same so for every tree that comes from the water saves one potentially on dry land. From Wordnik.com. [“REDISCOVERED” WOOD & THE TRITON SAWFISH | Inhabitat] Reference
I hear criticism on occasion of the fact she purchased coal, grain and lumber from the U.S.S.R. She can't purchase them here. From Wordnik.com. [The British Commonwealth Today] Reference
Or just because there is a slump in lumber prices and the economy of B.C. goes flat, should we somehow be less accepting of B.C.?. From Wordnik.com. [Making Canada Better] Reference
Since we have four slab pours to do, having our own form lumber is cheaper than hiring a crew to bring in their lumber and set the forms. From Wordnik.com. [Update on house project] Reference
That seems to be the case of the attachment of personal property, such as lumber, which is too bulky to be removed. From Wordnik.com. [Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2] Reference
For indigenous tools, rare finds and lumber, that is. From Wordnik.com. [Minnesota Premier Publications - Southwest Journal Stories] Reference
The room we had always called the lumber-room was over it, and nearly as large. From Wordnik.com. [Wilfrid Cumbermede] Reference
The infecls are very deftruftive of lumber, which is the reafon that a lumber-ya?. From Wordnik.com. [Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society] Reference
The lumber is the very best suited to the trade of these localities and the house has no. From Wordnik.com. [Wilmington Up-to-Date: The Metropolis of North Carolina Graphically Portrayed. Compiled under the Auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. Also a series of Comprehensive Sketches of Representative Business Enterprises.] Reference
Majority of backache patients suffer from what is called lumber or cervical spondylytis. From Wordnik.com. [Natural Remedies for Curing Backache] Reference
Prior to becoming an Arrow Building Center, the Kasson business was known as a lumber mart. From Wordnik.com. [Postbulletin.com Local News] Reference
"Picked up anything he could get," Complain agreed, recalling the lumber in Marapper's room. From Wordnik.com. [Starship]
This letter was written to some gentlemen in Gardiner, Maine, who named a lumber vessel after her. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of My Life] Reference
The pieces from old boxes should be removed with care, and saved in one place, which may be called your lumber yard. From Wordnik.com. [How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity] Reference
"Not one in score of scores as bald, either," called the lumber wagon driver from where he stood beside the lead horse. From Wordnik.com. [The White Order]
Timber in Canada is called lumber; those engaged in the trade are called lumberers, and the business itself is called lumbering. From Wordnik.com. [North America — Volume 1] Reference
For the above reason there is a large supply of lumber, which is cut and sawed, dragged to the rivers, and brought down, by the natives. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Philippine Islands] Reference
Never stack objects, such as lumber or stones, beneath a ladder leg to level it. From Wordnik.com. [Don't take a tumble while performing fall maintenance] Reference
Never stack objects, such as lumber or stones, beneath a ladder leg to level it. From Wordnik.com. [Don't take a tumble while performing fall maintenance] Reference
Anything valuable, such as lumber, petroglyphs, petrified logs etc would be plundered. From Wordnik.com. [Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Arizona Parks Privitization] Reference
Never stack objects, such as lumber or stones, beneath a ladder leg to level the ladder. From Wordnik.com. [Tip of the Day: Be safe using a ladder, especially if you're installing or adjusting a TV antenna] Reference
But, for the most part, the colonies traded commodities such as lumber and grain for rum. From Wordnik.com. [From the Demonic to the Delectable] Reference
We have had to work without reserves in this or that, such as lumber, cement or other materials. From Wordnik.com. [CASTRO'S REMARKS AT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION] Reference
Since only the first shrinkage is apt to check the wood, any kind of lumber which has once been air-dried. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
Hemlock makes a rather poor lumber which is used for general construction, also for cross-ties, and pulp. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
At Red Bank the river was filled with a different kind of lumber, including huge saw logs ready for cutting. From Wordnik.com. [The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin] Reference
~ -- The local market and the character of the work generally determine the kind of lumber to be used for forms. From Wordnik.com. [Concrete Construction Methods and Costs] Reference
The action sequences feel as if they were added to give the book a Dan Brown-like feel, but in the end they just kind of lumber along. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-03-01] Reference
It suggests the danger of similar government interjection into other commodities, such as lumber, pulp, fisheries, fruits, metals, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The State and Foreign Trade] Reference
Intermediate goods, such as lumber and flour, increased 1.7 percent in January. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
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