lumber room

noun

, British.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of lumber room¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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

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

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It was deep in dust, and filled with packing-cases not half unpacked, a lumber-room and nothing more.

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Then why cast them into a secret lumber-room whose very existence was unknown to the old Australian's Australian wife?

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There were four bedrooms on the other side, all unfurnished, except one at the far end of the passage, the lumber-room.

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