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lumberjack

/ˈlʌmbədʒæk/noun

उच्चारण लम्बजैक

लकड़हारा

Core word

noun
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    [C]

    (especially in North America) a person whose job is cutting down trees or cutting or transporting wood

    लकड़हारा

    • The lumberjacks worked deep in the forest.
    • A lumberjack with an axe felled the tall pine in a few minutes.
    • The lumberjack sharpened his axe before work.
    + 2 more examples
    • Lumberjacks in Canada cut huge trees in the winter.
    • The film is about a lumberjack who lives alone in the mountains.

    Synonyms woodcutter logger

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

countable noun

A lumberjack is a person, so it takes a or the, and the plural is lumberjacks.

'Lumberjack' व्यक्ति है, इसलिए इसके साथ a या the आता है और बहुवचन lumberjacks है।

  • A lumberjack felled the old oak tree.

lumberjack + noun

It is used as a modifier in names for clothing and events, such as lumberjack shirt.

यह कपड़ों और आयोजनों के नामों में modifier के रूप में आता है, जैसे lumberjack shirt।

  • He wore a red lumberjack shirt.

work as a lumberjack

The usual pattern for describing the job is work as a lumberjack.

इस व्यवसाय को बताने की सामान्य संरचना 'work as a lumberjack' है।

  • My uncle worked as a lumberjack in Canada.

regional note

The word is used mostly in North America; British English often says woodcutter or logger.

यह शब्द मुख्यतः उत्तरी अमेरिका में प्रचलित है; British English में प्रायः woodcutter या logger कहते हैं।

  • In India, a woodcutter is the more usual word.

lumberjack in comparisons

The word is often used in similes about strength, as in strong as a lumberjack.

यह शब्द शक्ति की उपमाओं में प्रायः आता है, जैसे strong as a lumberjack।

  • Her father is as strong as a lumberjack.
+Collocations 5

lumberjack + noun

shirtcampbootsaxecompetitionshow

  • The lumberjack camp stood deep in the forest.

verb + lumberjack

work ashiretrain asbecomemeet

  • He trained as a lumberjack after school.

adjective + lumberjack

strongexperiencedtoughburlyyoung

  • The burly lumberjack carried the log on his shoulder.

lumberjack tools

axechainsawsawlogtimber

  • A lumberjack needs a sharp axe.

lumberjack + clothing

lumberjack shirtlumberjack jacketlumberjack bootslumberjack beard

  • The checked lumberjack shirt is fashionable again.
“More examples 7
  • The lumberjack cut the tree into logs.

लकड़हारे ने पेड़ को लट्ठों में काट दिया।

  • Lumberjacks in cold countries work through harsh winters.

ठंडे देशों के लकड़हारे कठोर सर्दियों में भी काम करते हैं।

  • Radhika read a story about a kind lumberjack in her English textbook.

राधिका ने अपनी अंग्रेजी की पाठ्यपुस्तक में एक दयालु लकड़हारे की कहानी पढ़ी।

  • The festival had a lumberjack show with log-rolling.

मेले में लट्ठे लुढ़काने वाला लकड़हारों का प्रदर्शन था।

  • A lumberjack must be strong and careful.

लकड़हारे को मजबूत और सावधान होना चाहिए।

  • Radhika imagined the life of a lumberjack deep in a pine forest.

राधिका ने चीड़ के घने जंगल में एक लकड़हारे के जीवन की कल्पना की।

  • The lumberjack shouted a warning before the tree fell.

पेड़ गिरने से पहले लकड़हारे ने चेतावनी में आवाज लगाई।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ Lumberjack cut the tree.

✓ A lumberjack cut the tree.

A singular countable noun needs an article.

Singular countable noun के साथ article आवश्यक है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

These nouns all involve wood, but they describe different jobs.

ये सभी noun लकड़ी से जुड़े हैं, पर अलग-अलग कार्यों को बताते हैं।

lumberjack

North American word for a person who cuts down trees for timber.

लकड़ी के लिए पेड़ काटने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए उत्तरी अमेरिकी शब्द।

  • The lumberjack sharpened his axe.

woodcutter

General word, used in India and in folk tales.

सामान्य शब्द, भारत और लोककथाओं में प्रचलित।

  • The woodcutter lost his axe in the river.

carpenter

A person who makes things from wood, not one who fells trees.

लकड़ी से वस्तुएँ बनाने वाला व्यक्ति, पेड़ काटने वाला नहीं।

  • The carpenter made a bookshelf.
◇Word family
lumber noun