siding
pronunciation
How to pronounce siding in British English:
UK [ˈsaɪdɪŋ]
How to pronounce siding in American English:
US [ˈsaɪdɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
- material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
Word Origin
- siding (n.)
- c. 1600, "a taking of sides in a conflict or debate," verbal noun from side. First attested 1825 in the railroad sense; 1829, American English, in the architectural sense of "boarding on the sides of a building."
Example
- 1. Siding with china risks disappointing a key constituency that he is relying on to support his domestic agenda .
- 2. In siding with the north , it sent a damaging signal to the south that it was unwilling or unable to control its ally .
- 3. It was probably a coincidence that the libya vote saw berlin siding with the bric nations , but it seemed emblematic all the same .
- 4. To contrast with the smooth concrete site walls , and to heighten the journey from the driveway to the center of the house , we finally decided on a horizontal wood siding system assembled with members of alternating depth to enhance the notion of texture , shadow and perspective .
- 5. Rather than siding with the us on the big international issues , they are just as likely to line up with authoritarian powers such as china and iran .