Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (Canada, US) A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
2. present participle and gerund of side
3. (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

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Use siding when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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