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CLAPBOARD

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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)

Sense 1

clapboard ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

Sense 1

clapboard ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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