siding
See also: sǐdìng
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈsaɪdɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
Etymology 1
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From side + -ing (“material, collection”).
Noun
[edit]siding (countable and uncountable, plural sidings)
- (Canada, US) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
- Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding.
Synonyms
[edit]- cladding (UK, NZ, AU)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]material to cover the sides of a building
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Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]siding
- present participle and gerund of side
- Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other.
Translations
[edit]Etymology 3
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From side + -ing (“derivative noun, having the quality of”).
Noun
[edit]siding (plural sidings)
- (rail transport) A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- They slept where they could, sometimes in an empty truck on a siding near the station, sometimes in a cart behind a warehouse; [...]
- December 15 2022, Samanth Subramanian, “Dismantling Sellafield: the epic task of shutting down a nuclear site”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Laid out over six square kilometres, Sellafield is like a small town, with nearly a thousand buildings, its own roads and even a rail siding – all owned by the government, and requiring security clearance to visit.
Synonyms
[edit](railroad side track): railroad siding, sidetrack, lay-by (UK)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]side track
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Anagrams
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