Siding

Quick meaning: Siding is a noun meaning (Canada, US) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

Meaning

(Canada, US) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.

More Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of side
2. (rail transport) 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.

Word Forms

• sidings

Synonyms for siding

Depending on context, synonyms include cladding, sidetrack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sidetrack, clapboard, shiplap, pavement, paving, coating.

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