siding
/ˈsaɪdɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
Canadian usage; American usage; Countable; Uncountable
noun
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
Example Sentences
- "Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding."
- "Whenever he hears an argument, he can't help siding with one party or the other."
- "They slept where they could, sometimes in an empty truck on a siding near the station, sometimes in a cart behind a warehouse; [...]"
- "Laid out over six square kilometres, Sellafield is like a small town, with nearly a thousand buildings, its own roads and even a rail siding – all owned by the government, and requiring security clearance to visit."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English -ing English siding From side + -ing (“material, collection”).
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Countable
- Uncountable