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Examples of lumberyard in a Sentence
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Her father, Klemens Schapiro, owned a lumberyard, and her mother, Rose (Rakovschchik) Schapiro, was a skilled pianist and ran the home.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
His father worked in a lumberyard; his mother ran the household.
—Bill Friskics-Warren, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2024
Aerial videos of the scene showed what could be taken for a disordered lumberyard, with pieces of the wooden skeleton of a house strewn all over the intersection, partially obscured by rising smoke.
—Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
Its railroads, lumberyards, and stockyards were booming, its businessmen prospering.
—Margaret Talbot, The New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2023
In 1945, the iconic Office Covered Bridge was built, connecting the lumberyard to the office.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
Framed historic photos of the mill and lumberyard can be found throughout the hallways of the lodge — mesmerizing remnants of what was once a bustling town.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
Before heading out the next morning, Tonka and I meandered across the Office Covered Bridge one last time to the ruins where the mill’s lumberyard building used to be located.
—Jean Chen Smith, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2023
Life in the Railroad Yards in the 1940s At the spurs—small railroads that lead into or away from factories, sawmills, lumberyards, and packing houses—the trains stopped.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
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“Lumberyard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lumberyard. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
lumberyard
noun
lum·ber·yard
-ˌyärd
: a place where lumber is kept for sale
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