siding

[ sahy-ding ]

/ ˈsaɪ dɪŋ /

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noun

a short railroad track, opening onto a main track at one or both ends, on which one of two meeting trains is switched until the other has passed.

any of several varieties of weatherproof facing for frame buildings, composed of pieces attached separately as shingles, plain or shaped boards, or of various units of sheet metal or various types of composition materials.

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Origin of siding

First recorded in 1595–1605; side¹ + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM siding

un·sid·ing, adjective

Words nearby siding

side with, sídh, sidhe, Sidi-bel-Abbès, Sidi Ifni, siding, sidle, Sidley, Sidmouth, Sidney, Sidon

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How to use siding in a sentence

On the far side I could see an austere-looking square building, about four floors high, sturdy, with silver siding and few windows.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy|Jane Qiu|February 9, 2022|MIT Technology Review
Be careful, read all the instructions, and make sure you know what you’re doing before putting holes in the aluminum siding.
The best floodlight: Light up the night and the driveway with these outdoor lighting fixtures|Irena Collaku|July 13, 2021|Popular-Science
Siding with Obama on anything, no matter how sensical, is a risky move for a would-be Republican presidential candidate.
The Rand-Rubio Catfight Over Cuba|Olivia Nuzzi|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As the rebels departed, they blew up an 81-car munitions train stranded on a siding.
Atlanta’s Fall Foretold The End Of Civil War Bloodshed|Marc Wortman|September 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The instrument is attached to the Anglo-Australian Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory, northwest of Sydney, Australia.
SAMI Is Like Google Earth for the Universe|Matthew R. Francis|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It is hard to fathom siding with al-Qaeda in Syria, but then again, we arguably did something similar in Iraq.
A Veteran Sees Echoes of Iraq and Argues Against Intervention in Syria|Brian Van Reet|September 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He accused her of siding with “Denver Democrats” to “make energy rates higher in rural areas.”
A Battle Over Gun Control in Colorado|Ben Jacobs|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And they'd have to get definite word about the extension of a railroad siding for the lading purposes, too.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various
Before you could count ten they had made a flying switch with the single car, kicking it in on the siding.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
That siding isn't in any such shape that the Fast Mail could get by without seeing a 'meet' train on the side-track, is it?
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
That siding is part of an old 'Y' at the mouth of a gulch that runs back into the mountains for maybe a dozen miles or so.
The Wreckers|Francis Lynde
Even you are siding with grandmother and suspecting me of breaking my word.
Quin|Alice Hegan Rice

British Dictionary definitions for siding

siding

/ (ˈsaɪdɪŋ) /

noun

a short stretch of railway track connected to a main line, used for storing rolling stock or to enable trains on the same line to pass

a short railway line giving access to the main line for freight from a factory, mine, quarry, etc

US and Canadian material attached to the outside of a building to make it weatherproof

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