lumb

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proper noun

A surname.

UncommonScrabble 8

Meanings

lumb1

nounlumb (plural lumbs)

plural lumbs

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of lum (“chimney”).

    Now, by this time, the ſun begins to leam, / An' litt the hill-heads, wi' his morning beam, / An' birds, and beaſts, and fouk to be aſteer, / And ſtreams o' reek frae lumb heads to appear; […]

    1768, Alexander Ross, “Canto I”, in The Fortunate Shepherdess, a Pastoral Tale; in Three Cantos, in the Scotish Dialect. […], Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire: […] Francis Douglas, →OCLC, page 50

Lumb2

proper nounLumb (countable and uncountable, plural Lumbs)

plural Lumbs

  1. countableuncountableA surname.
  2. A place in England:
    1. countableuncountableA hamlet south of Haslingden, and west of Edenfield, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD7819).
    2. countableuncountableA small village north-east of Rawtenstall, Rossendale borough, Lancashire (OS grid ref SD8324).
    3. countableuncountableA hamlet south-east of Huddersfield, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1513).

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APA

lumb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumb

MLA

“lumb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumb. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lumb,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lumb.

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