clapboard
English
Etymology 1
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Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: clap‧board
Noun
clapboard (countable and uncountable, plural clapboards)
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- 2007 September 28, Wendy Moonan, New York Times[1]:
- Its exterior is covered with clapboards stained dark brown.
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- (archaic, UK) An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
Synonyms
Translations
siding for houses
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Verb
clapboard (third-person singular simple present clapboards, present participle clapboarding, simple past and past participle clapboarded)
- To cover with clapboards.
- to clapboard the sides of a house
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See also
- Clapboard (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- “clapboard”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
clapboard (plural clapboards)
- (film) A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
Synonyms
- (film): clapper board, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker
Translations
clapperboard — see clapperboard
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