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noun
A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, countable, uncountable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
present participle and gerund of side
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: railroad siding, turnout, sidetrack
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: railroad track, railroad, railway
noun
material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building material
Narrower terms: clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -ing English siding From side + -ing (“material, collection”).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh1-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -ing English siding From side + -ing (“derivative noun, having the quality of”).
Across languages
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
