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- [klab-erd, klap-bawrd, ‐bohrd]
- /ˈklæb ərd, ˈklæpˌbɔrd, ‐ˌboʊrd/
- /ˈklæp.bɔːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [klab-erd, klap-bawrd, ‐bohrd]
- /ˈklæb ərd, ˈklæpˌbɔrd, ‐ˌboʊrd/
Definitions of clapboard word
- adjective clapboard A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white. 3
- countable noun clapboard A clapboard is the same as a clapperboard. 3
- noun clapboard a long thin timber board with one edge thicker than the other, used esp in the US and Canada in wood-frame construction by lapping each board over the one below 3
- noun clapboard (as modifier) 3
- verb clapboard to cover with such boards 3
- noun clapboard a long, narrow board with one edge thicker than the other, used as siding 3
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Origin of clapboard
First appearance:
before 1510 One of the 26% oldest English words
1510-20; earlier clap bord, alteration of obsolete clapholt < Low German klappholt (cognate with Dutch klaphout) split wood used for barrel staves; see clap1, holt
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Parts of speech for Clapboard
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
clapboard popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for clapboard
adj clapboard
- board — A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
- frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
- log — Mathematics. logarithm.
- peg — a female given name, form of Peggy.
- plant — any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.
Antonyms for clapboard
adj clapboard
- bending — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
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