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Rareclapboard
The correct spelling is clapboard.
How to pronounce clapboard
/ˈklæbə(ɹ)d/
nounIPA: /ˈklæbə(ɹ)d/
Say it like: Cla-pboa-rd
The correct spelling is clapboard. A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction. For example: "to clapboard the sides of a house"
Usage Examples
“to clapboard the sides of a house”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- 2.Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- 3.An oak board of a size used for barrel staves.
- 4.A clapper board; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
verb
- 1.To cover with clapboards.
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