WEATHERBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does weatherboard mean? 

• WEATHERBOARD (noun)
  The noun WEATHERBOARD has 2 senses:

1. a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

2. the side toward the wind

  Familiarity information: WEATHERBOARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WEATHERBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

clapboard; weatherboard; weatherboarding

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

siding (material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The side toward the wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

weather side; weatherboard; windward side

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

windward (the direction from which the wind is coming)