2syllables
clapboard
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Definitions ofclapboard
1noun
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
1verb
- To cover with clapboards.
Example: "to clapboard the sides of a house"
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