MEANING
An outer covering attached to a building or surface for protection or appearance.
Use it for
surface versus structure; modern exteriors; renovationSeparate the visible skin from the construction behind it.
Words that belong together
- timber cladding
- metal cladding
- replace the cladding
On the page
The new cladding concealed the warehouse's uneven brick walls.
Rain drummed against the metal cladding above the loading bay.
They removed one panel of cladding to inspect the insulation.
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Word forms
- Base
- clad / clads
- Past tense
- clad
- Past participle
- clad
- Present participle
- cladding
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Usually a facing, not the main load-bearing structure; can be timber, metal, stone, or other material. Mass noun for the covering material; no ordinary plural in this sense. Related verb clad: clad, clads, clad, clad, cladding.
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