Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

weatherboarding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: weath-er-board-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He stayed with him some time talking about the three-roomed house for Mario, and arranged for him to come and measure up for the timber and weatherboarding required."
"Upstream from the house is a watermill, cased in gleaming white weather-boarding, which has been restored to working order. Near by is the water-driven turbine which [Rudyard] Kipling had installed in 1902 to light his mansion with electricity."

Usage

Inflected Forms

weatherboardings (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

weatherboard

Synonyms

clapboard weatherboard

Questions

What does weatherboarding mean?: A type of wooden siding in which a house is sided with long, thin, overlapping boards.

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