lumber room


nounBritish.
  1. a room in a house used for storing odds-and-ends, especially old furniture.

Origin of lumber room

1
First recorded in 1735–45

Words Nearby lumber room

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How to use lumber room in a sentence

  • Next opening the false back of the cupboard, he passed through to the lumber-room beyond, and partly closed the second door.

    Dope | Sax Rohmer
  • Now certain sheds, with roofs sloped against the nearest walls, formed a kind of lumber-room for the parish.

    The Mark Of Cain | Andrew Lang
  • It was deep in dust, and filled with packing-cases not half unpacked, a lumber-room and nothing more.

    The Shadow of the Rope | E. W. Hornung
  • Then why cast them into a secret lumber-room whose very existence was unknown to the old Australian's Australian wife?

    The Shadow of the Rope | E. W. Hornung
  • There were four bedrooms on the other side, all unfurnished, except one at the far end of the passage, the lumber-room.

    The Shrieking Pit | Arthur J. Rees