lumberjack
- noun
- /ˈlʌmbərˌdʒæk/
- The lumberjack skillfully cut down trees to prepare timber for the mill.
And finally, the first tree falls and the young lumberjack won.
- And finally, the first tree falls and the young lumberjack won.
Examples
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So he goes out West, to Oregon somewhere, and he works as a lumberjack and stops drinking.
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The fifth car stopped, a lumberjack from Oregon in a beat-up station wagon.
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Take that lumberjack over there.
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I wanted to be a lumberjack.
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Father was a lumberjack named Barney Quill.
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Lumberjack Feud: The Smokies' newest show isn't a song and dance; it's a lumberjack competition.
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Every winter, the lumberjack would venture into the forest to gather firewood.
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After years of hard work, the lumberjack finally owned his own logging company.
Synonyms
A person who cuts down trees for wood
A man who lives in the woods and makes things from wood
A person who cuts down trees and chops them into logs
A person who cuts down trees with an axe or saw
A man who lives in the woods and cares for trees
A person who cuts down trees and prepares wood for building
A person who works with wood from trees, for example cutting or selling it
A person who cuts wood for fire or as a job
A woman who lives in and knows how to survive and work in a forest
A woman who cuts down trees and prepares wood for building
A person who cuts down trees in forests and moves the wood
A person who cuts down trees as part of forest work
A person who chops wood with an axe
A person who uses an axe to cut wood
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Etymology
Lumberjack comes from lumber meaning 'wood for building' and jack meaning 'man' or 'worker'. So a lumberjack is someone who works with wood, cutting down trees and preparing timber.