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weather-bound |
weather-driven |
weather-fend |
weather-stripped |
weatherbit |
weatherboard
| weatherboarding
| weathercock
| weathered
| weatherglass
| weathering
weatherboard
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun weatherboard has 2 senses
- weatherboard(n = noun.substance) clapboard, weatherboarding - a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below; Array is a kind of siding
- weatherboard(n = noun.linkdef) to windward, weather side, windward side - the side toward the wind; Array is a kind of windward
CIDE DICTIONARY
weatherboard, n.
- That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side. [1913 Webster]
- A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
weatherboard, n. & v.
--n.
1 a sloping board attached to the bottom of an outside door to keep out the rain etc.
2 each of a series of horizontal boards with edges overlapping to keep out the rain etc.
--v.tr. fit or supply with weatherboards.
--n.
1 a sloping board attached to the bottom of an outside door to keep out the rain etc.
2 each of a series of horizontal boards with edges overlapping to keep out the rain etc.
--v.tr. fit or supply with weatherboards.
Derivative
weatherboarding n. (in sense 2 of n.).
THESAURUS
weatherboard
beam, billet, board, boarding, brick, clapboard, cord, cordwood, deal, driftwood, face, firewood, glass, glaze, hardwood, lath, lathing, lathwork, log, lumber, panelboard, paneling, panelwork, paper, plank, planking, plyboard, plywood, pole, post, puncheon, revet, shake, sheathe, sheathing, sheathing board, sheeting, shingle, sideboard, siding, slab, slat, slate, softwood, splat, stave, stick, stick of wood, stone, stovewood, thatch, three-by-four, tile, timber, timbering, timberwork, two-by-four, veneer, wall in, wall up, wallpaper, weather, weather deck, weather helm, weather sheet, weather side, weather tack, weather wheel, windward, windward ebb, windward flood, wood
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