siding
A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other buildingA building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
» I'm siding with Tom.
Я на стороне Тома.
Я на боці Тома.
Я підтримую позицію Тома.
Meaning
2 senses(Canada, US, countable, uncountable)A building material which covers and protects the sides of a house or other building.
Ugh. If there's one thing I can't stand it's cheesy vinyl siding.
Außenverkleidung, Gebäudeverkleidung, Hausverkleidung
material applied to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof
A second, relatively short length of track just to the side of a railroad track, joined to the main track by switches at one or both ends, used either for loading or unloading freight, storing trains or other rail vehicles; or to allow two trains on a same track to meet (opposite directions) or pass (same direction) (the latter sense is probably an American definition).
Nebengleis, Abstellgleis
a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass
Examples
12 sentencesI'm siding with Tom.
Я на боці Тома.
ruЯ на стороне Тома.
Why are you siding with Tom?
ruПочему ты встаёшь на сторону Тома?
deWarum stellst du dich auf Toms Seite?
Why are you siding with her?
deWarum stellst du dich auf ihre Seite?
Why are you siding with him?
deWarum schließt du dich ihm an?
Why are you siding with them?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
plural: sidingsSynonyms
4 synonyms- a short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass:railroad sidingturnoutsidetrack
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable