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SIDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
Synonyms:
railroad siding; sidetrack; siding; turnout
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("siding" is a kind of...):
railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("siding" is a kind of...):
building material (material used for constructing buildings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "siding"):
clapboard; weatherboard; weatherboarding (a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb side
