lumberman

Examples

• All

• During his career as a lumberman, he learned how to efficiently harvest timber while preserving the environment.

• When a lumberman enters the forest to cut down a Kapok tree, he falls asleep.

  Academic text (2002)

• He was wearing the plaid lumberman's jacket he used when he split wood or hiked on the cliffs.

  Fiction book (1999)

• She raced to the door to see a young man clad in a heavy lumberman's jacket, fur cap, and thick woolen gloves.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Her first husband died of pneumonia when she was 30, and Meilleur moved to the frontier between Quebec and Ontario, where she eventually met and married lumberman Hector Meilleur.

  Blog text (24)

• Every autumn, the lumberman travels deep into the forest to cut down trees for winter firewood.

Synonyms

L

logger

vslumberman

30 2.4

A person who cuts down trees for wood

focuses on cutting and preparing timber rather than broader supply roles

L

lumberjack

vslumberman

11 4.4

A person who cuts down trees and prepares wood

has identical meaning and the same job scope

W

woodcutter

vslumberman

5 3.0

A person who cuts down trees and chops them into logs

is used for commercial cutting and timber preparation rather than small tasks

F

feller

vslumberman

• US

4 8.1

A person who cuts down trees with an axe or saw

includes preparing timber as well as the cutting task

T

timberman

vslumberman

1 7.1

A person who works with wood from trees, for example cutting or selling it

focuses on cutting and preparing timber rather than broader industry roles

L

lumberer

vslumberman

• US

3.7

A person who cuts down trees in forests and moves the wood

focuses on cutting and preparing timber rather than transport

F

faller

vslumberman

• Jargon

7.8

A person who cuts down trees as part of forest work

covers both cutting and preparing timber not only tree felling

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