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. — marafon
Я на боці Тома. — shanghainese
Я підтримую позицію Тома. — deniko
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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. — shanghainese
ruЯ на стороне Тома. — marafon
Why are you siding with Tom?
ruПочему ты встаёшь на сторону Тома? — Wezel
deWarum stellst du dich auf Toms Seite? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why are you siding with her?
deWarum stellst du dich auf ihre Seite? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Why are you siding with him?
deWarum schließt du dich ihm an? — mrtaistoi
Why are you siding with them?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 2
Forms
plural: sidingsSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.