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SIDING

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• SIDING (noun)
The noun SIDING has 2 senses:

1. a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
2. material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

Familiarity information: SIDING used as a noun is rare.

• SIDING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

railroad siding; sidetrack; siding; turnout

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

railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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)

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