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

There is no lumber room or mind-blowing display of power tools, nor is there a jumble of outdated-to-antique fixtures kept in stock to appeal to retro connoisseurs.

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“No. No, I don’t think they were. They were scattered about the house. The chairs were in a lumber room, I believe.”

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The more eclectic hoarder species segregate pantry from lumber room from junk museum.

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But it never was transferred again to the old lumber room.

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The policeman hurried down to the quay, to convey the news to the fishermen, after which he made for the police-station and fished out from a lumber room an antiquated ambulance.

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