lumper
Cargo loading laborer
A lumper is a laborer who loads and unloads cargo, particularly at docks or warehouses.
The term also has a more abstract meaning in classification and taxonomy, where a lumper is someone who prefers to group things together into broad categories rather than splitting them into finer distinctions—the opposite of a splitter.
The botanist was a lumper who combined three separate species into one.
In trucking, lumpers are workers hired at warehouses to unload freight, often at the driver's expense.
Something that separates
- classifierAssigns items to groups
- categorizerOne who sorts things
- grouperLarge predatory reef fish
- generalizerOne who broadens specifics
Ship cargo handler
- longshoremanHarbor freight worker
- loaderOne who fills containers
- unloaderOne who removes cargo
- dockhandHarbor cargo laborer
freight handler · cargo handler · warehouseman · packer · mover · teamster · haulier · roustabout
Goods being transported
- shipmentGoods being transported
- containerThing for storing items
- palletStackable freight platform
- goodsThings for sale
crate · load · consignment · manifest · stowage · cargo hold · haulage · bulk cargo
splitter
Something that separates
- classifierAssigns items to groups
- categorizerOne who sorts things
- grouperLarge predatory reef fish
stevedore
Ship cargo handler
- longshoremanHarbor freight worker
- loaderOne who fills containers
- unloaderOne who removes cargo
dockhand · freight handler · cargo handler · warehouseman · packer · mover · teamster · haulier · roustabout · tallyman
freight
Goods being transported
goods · crate · load · consignment · manifest · stowage · cargo hold · haulage · bulk cargo · dock
bulky
Large and awkward to handle
- brawnyPhysically powerful, well-muscled
- burlyHeavily muscled and broad
- heavysetThick-bodied and sturdy
stocky · husky · stout · thickset · hefty · muscular · broad-shouldered · strapping · barrel-chested
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, truckers, big rig
- port workerslongshoreman, stevedore, docker, dockworker, dock worker
- shipping feesshipping fee, delivery fee, handling fee, delivery charge, postage
- taxonomygenus, species, taxon, kingdom, phylum
- CB cultureCB, CB radio, breaker, ten-four, good buddy
lumpersplitter
Something that separates
divider · differentiator · hair-splitter · discriminator · nitpicker
- lump sumEntire amount at once
- lump togetherCombine without distinction
- lump in one's throatThroat tightness from emotion
- lump in throatTight feeling when emotional
- like it or lump itAccept without complaint
- lump itAccept unwillingly
lump, lumpy, clumped, lumpish, lumped, clumping, lumping, lumpiness, clumpy