She is lucky to be alive after the accident. —ANTONYM unlucky
2 bringing success or good luck My lucky number is 3.
—ANTONYM unlucky
► luck • i • ly / ' kksli / adverb it is lucky that
I was late, but luckily they waited for me.
lug • gage / ' L\gid3 / noun [ noncount ]
bags that you take with you when you travel How much luggage do you have?
—SYNONYM baggage
Grammar
Luggage is a noncount noun, so you cannot say "a luggage" or "luggages."
If you are talking about one suitcase or bag, you say a piece of luggage : She brought five pieces of luggage with her and she was only staying for one week!
luke • warm / ,luk' worm / adjective
If a liquid is lukewarm , it is only slightly warm I had to have a lukewarm shower. Thesaurus
hot having a high temperature; (used about a person) feeling heat in an uncomfortable way: Do you like this hot weather? ♦ Be careful - the plates are hot. ♦ If you're hot, take off your sweater. warm with a temperature that is high but not very high, so that it feels pleasant; not hot and not cold: Wash the blouse in warm soapy water. ♦ It's cold outside but it's nice and warm in here. ♦ Are you warm enough? ♦ I jumped up and down to keep warm. —ANTONYM cold , cool
lukewarm slightly warm, often in an unpleasant way: The food was only lukewarm. ♦ Add half a cup of lukewarm water to the mixture. boiling ( informal )
very hot in an unpleasant way: You must be boiling in that heavy coat. ♦ Can you turn the heat down? It's boiling hot in here. —ANTONYM freezing
lull • a • by / ' Lvlsbai/ noun [ count ] ( plural lull . a . bies )
( music ) a gentle song that you sing to help a child go to sleep
lum • ber / ' kmbsr / noun [ noncount ]
wood that is used for building
lum • ber • jack / ' L\mbsrd3®k / noun [ count ]
a person whose job is to cut down trees to use for wood
lump Ф / kmp / noun [ count ]
1 a hard piece of something a lump of coal Thesaurus
piece an amount of something that has been cut or separated from the rest of it. This is a very general word and can be used with most noncount nouns: She wrote her address on a piece of paper. ♦ He cut the pizza into small pieces. ♦ a piece of fruit ♦ a piece of advice
slice a thin, flat piece of food that has been cut off a larger piece: Would you like another slice of cake? ♦ Cut the meat into thin slices. ♦ a slice of lemon/tomato ♦ cheese slices
chunk a thick, solid piece that has been cut or broken off something: There were chunks of ice floating in the lake. ♦ a great big chunk of meat ♦ a chunk of cheese/bread
lump a piece of something hard or solid, especially one without any particular shape: This sauce has lumps in it. ♦ a few lumps of coal ♦ a big lump of dough slab a thick, flat piece of stone, ice, or food: a huge slab of concrete ♦ paving slabs
2 ( health ) a part in or on your body that has become hard and bigger
I have a lump on my head where I hit it.
lump • y / ' kmpi / adjective ( lump . i . er , lump i . est )
full of or covered with lumps
The sauce is lumpy. —ANTONYM smooth
lu • nar / ' lunar / adjective
