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CLAPBOARD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

Synonyms:

clapboard; weatherboard; weatherboarding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("clapboard" is a kind of...):

siding (material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof)

Derivation:

clapboard (cover with clapboards)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cover with clapboards

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "clapboard" is one way to...):

cover (provide with a covering or cause to be covered)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

clapboard (a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below)

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