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Definition of "lumber-room" []

  • A room or place for the reception of useless or unused things; a room occupied by lumber. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "lumber-room" in a sentence
  • "Not until after a long search did we find the oar in a disused attic lumber-room of odds and ends."
  • ""That which my son himself indicated -- that of the cupboard of the lumber-room.""
  • "There was one singular exception, however, for he had a single room, a lumber-room up among the attics, which was invariably locked, and which he would never permit either me or anyone else to enter."