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How to pronounce “lumber”

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Pronunciation guide for lumber

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of lumber with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Skin in the GameNow this person, I think is a plumber, right?
Definition summary: (Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]

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Skin in the Game

Now this person, I think is a plumber, right?

[Noun]
(Canada, US) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]
(now rare) Old furniture or other items that take up room, or are stored away. [from 16th c.]
(figurative) Useless or cumbrous material. [from 17th c.]
(obsolete) A pawnbroker's shop, or room for storing articles put in pawn; hence, a pledge, or pawn. [17th–18th c.]
(baseball, slang) A baseball bat.
(slang, vulgar) An erect penis.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To move clumsily and heavily; to move slowly.
(transitive, with with) To load down with things, to fill, to encumber, to impose an unwanted burden on.
To heap together in disorder.
To fill or encumber with lumber.
(transitive, slang, obsolete) To pawn (goods).