CLAPBOARD
Dictionary entry overview: What does clapboard mean?
• CLAPBOARD (noun)
The noun CLAPBOARD has 1 sense:
1. a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
Familiarity information: CLAPBOARD used as a noun is very rare.
• CLAPBOARD (verb)
The verb CLAPBOARD has 1 sense:
1. cover with clapboards
Familiarity information: CLAPBOARD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• CLAPBOARD (noun)
Meaning:
A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
clapboard; weatherboard; weatherboarding
Hypernyms ("clapboard" is a kind of...):
siding (material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof)
• CLAPBOARD (verb)
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
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