clapboard

Speech parts

1. clapboard - Noun

2. clapboard - Verb

Meaning

A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses.

A stave for a cask.

To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

weatherboard weatherboarding woody adobe material paper plant stone cap peg board frame wood concrete wooden
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Antonyms

long way combat eye deny bending
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Hypernyms

cover siding

Examples

In the photographs themselves there's a definite contrast between the figures and the location - I like that kind of California backyard look; clapboard houses, staircases outdoors. Helmut Newton

During this period, wood clapboard siding was applied to the original adobe chapel walls as both a cosmetic and a protective measure; the veneer was later removed when the Mission was restored. Source: Internet

PORT TOWNSEND — Clapboard houses and visiting RVs overlook a driftwood-speckled beach on Hudson Street. Source: Internet

Fun props for guests to play with: a director’s bullhorn and a clapboard (“Action!” Source: Internet

North Parma is a white clapboard country church and "Plain Parma" is an orange brick church. Source: Internet

She lives in an old clapboard house with her mom, a bunch of pets. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

clap-o-meter clapalong clapback clapbread clapcake clapdish