lumberjack
UK/ˈlʌm.bə.d͡ʒæk//ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/
lumberjack noun: a person whose work is to fell trees.
Noun
lumberjack (plural lumberjacks)
- A person whose work is to fell trees.
- He's a lumberjack and he's OK / He sleeps all night and works all day / I cut down trees, I eat my lunch / I go to the lavatory1975 [1969], “The Lumberjack Song”, performed by Monty Python
- Synonyms:
- faller, feller, logger, lumberman, woodcutter
- A lumberjacket.
Verb
lumberjack (third-person singular simple present lumberjacks, present participle lumberjacking, simple past and past participle lumberjacked)
- To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
- Many of the lumberjacking memories have faded to black and white, the brightest moments colored mostly by Jim McKay’s yellow blazer.2009 July 28, John Branch, “Going Way of Old Growth”, in New York Times
lumberjack meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Kannada
lumberjack in Hindi
- person who fells trees
- लकड़हारा lakaṛhārā
lumberjack in Tamil
- மரவெட்டி
lumberjack in Marathi
- person who fells trees
- लाकूडतोड्या lākūḍtoḍyā
lumberjack in Kannada
- ಮರಕಡಿಗ, ಮರಗಳನ್ನು ಕಡಿಯುವವನು, ಚೌಬೀನೆಯವನು
More languagesFewer languages
- lumberjack in Gujarati
- કઠિયારો kaṭhiyāro
- lumberjack in Assamese
- খৰিকটীয়া khorikotia
- lumberjack in Tagalog
- magkakahoy
- lumberjack in Arabic
- حَطَّاب ḥaṭṭāb
- lumberjack in Persian
- چوببر čub-bor
- lumberjack in Vietnamese
- tiều phu
Synonyms of lumberjack
Forms of lumberjack
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lumberjacks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lumberjacks |
| present participle | lumberjacking |
| past participle | lumberjacked |
| past | lumberjacked |
Origin of lumberjack
From lumber + jack, of Canadian origin.
Words formed from lumberjack
Phrases with lumberjack
Questions about lumberjack
- What does lumberjack mean?
- Lumberjack means a person whose work is to fell trees.
- What is lumberjack in Hindi?
- Lumberjack in Hindi is लकड़हारा (lakaṛhārā). See Lumberjack meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lumberjack?
- Lumberjack can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lumberjack?
- Lumberjack is pronounced /ˈlʌm.bɚ.d͡ʒæk/ (US).
- What is the plural of lumberjack?
- The plural of lumberjack is lumberjacks.
Words near lumberjack in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lumberjack (page history and authors); lumberjack (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lumberjack (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); કઠિયારો (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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