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/ˈweɪnskɒtɪŋ/ · noun
Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls..
The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.
Use wainscotting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wainscotting means Wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls..
Common synonyms include wainscot, wainscoting.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The giggles got louder and ran around the corners of the room like rats behind the wainscotting.
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