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cladding

/ˈklædɪŋ/

cladding noun: clothing; clothes. Also the present participle and gerund of clad.

Noun

cladding (countable and uncountable, plural claddings)

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

Also used as

cladding is also the present participle and gerund of clad.

cladding meaning in Malay and Indonesian

cladding in Malay

an outside building covering
salutan

cladding in Indonesian

an outside building covering
selubung

Synonyms of cladding

Forms of cladding

pluralcladdings

Plural of cladding: claddings

Origin of cladding

From clad + -ing. Compare clothing, ultimately from the same source.

Words that rhyme with cladding

Questions about cladding

What does cladding mean?
Cladding means clothing; clothes.
What is cladding in Malay?
Cladding in Malay is salutan. See Cladding meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is cladding?
Cladding is a noun.
How do you pronounce cladding?
Cladding is pronounced /ˈklædɪŋ/.
What is the plural of cladding?
The plural of cladding is claddings.

Words near cladding in the dictionary

  1. cladded
  2. cladder
  3. cladders
  4. claddest
  5. claddeth
  6. cladding
  7. claddings
  8. clade
  9. claded
  10. cladeless
  11. clades

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