Screed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long monotonous speech or piece of writing.
  • n. A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.
  • n. A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface such as a floor.
  • n. A smooth final surface of a substance, such as concrete, applied to a floor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long discourse or harangue.
  • n. A piece of writing.
  • n. A tool, usually a long strip of wood or other material, for producing a smooth, flat surface on, for example, a concrete floor or a plaster wall.
  • n. A smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
  • v. To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
  • v. To use a screed (tool).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n.
  • n. A strip of plaster of the thickness proposed for the coat, applied to the wall at intervals of four or five feet, as a guide.
  • n. A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
  • n. A fragment; a portion; a shred.
  • n. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound.
  • n. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A piece torn off; a shred: as, a screed of cloth.
  • n. A long strip of anything; hence, a prolonged tirade; a harangue.
  • n. In plastering:
  • n. A strip of mortar about 6 or 8 inches wide, by which any surface about to be plastered is divided into bays or compartments.
  • n. A strip of wood similarly used.
  • n. The act of rending or tearing; a rent; a tear.
  • To rend; tear.
  • To repeat glibly; dash off with spirit.
  • n. A band of paper or other material placed around a piece of cloth to keep the loose end in place, to prevent injury when cords are tied around it in packing, and for trade-mark and ornamental purposes. Generally used in sets of two.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a long monotonous harangue
  • n. an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
  • n. a long piece of writing
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    harangue    rant    ranting    slip    strip    piece of writing    writing    written material   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    fragment    portion    shred    harangue    list    composition   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide    Bede    Ede    Gilead    Mead    Meade    Read    Reed    Reid    Sinead   
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