SCREED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screed mean? 

• SCREED (noun)
  The noun SCREED has 3 senses:

1. a long monotonous harangue

2. a long piece of writing

3. an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

  Familiarity information: SCREED used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long monotonous harangue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("screed" is a kind of...):

harangue; rant; ranting (a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A long piece of writing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("screed" is a kind of...):

piece of writing; writing; written material (the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect))

Sense 3

Meaning:

An accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("screed" is a kind of...):

slip; strip (artifact consisting of a narrow flat piece of material)