shiplap

ship·lap

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [ship-lap]
- /ˈʃɪpˌlæp/
- /ʃˈɪplap/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ship-lap]
- /ˈʃɪpˌlæp/

Definitions of shiplap word

noun shiplap an overlapping joint, as a rabbet, between two boards joined edge to edge. 1
noun shiplap boarding joined with such overlapping joints. 1
noun shiplap a wooden board that has been rabbeted so that the edges of each board overlap the edges of adjacent boards to create a flush and stable joint 0
noun shiplap a kind of boarding or siding in which adjoining boards are rabbeted along the edge so as to make a flush joint 0
noun shiplap such a joint 0

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Origin of shiplap

First appearance:

before 1850

One of the 32% newest English words

First recorded in 1850-55; ship1 + lap2

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Parts of speech for Shiplap

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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shiplap popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

shiplap usage trend in Literature

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