cladding

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/ˈklædɪŋ/ English

Definitions

verb

(past tense clad) To clothe.
(past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop.
(figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality)

noun

Clothing; clothes.
Any hard coating, bonded onto the outside of something to add protection, such as the plastic sheath around an optical fibre.
A weatherproof, insulating or decorative covering fixed to the outside of a building (called siding in the US).

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Synonyms

facing coat shield sheeting covering cover lining liner sheathing sheath casing coated coating skin flooring corrugated

Associated

zirconium skillion refractive precast casement coolant roofing weatherboard fiber glazing

Rhymes

padding gadding jadding hading add ing brad hung comrade ding dad hung gladding had hung

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