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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, archaic, countable, uncountable
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noun
A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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verb
To cover with clapboards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: weatherboard, weatherboarding
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Broader terms: siding
verb
cover with clapboards
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cover
History
From Middle English clapholt, partial translation from Middle Low German klappholt or Middle Dutch klapholt (“barrel stave”), from klappen (“to crack”) + holt (“wood”). The part "holt" was later calqued to "board".
From clap + board.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
