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1Siding — For other uses, see Siding (disambiguation). Corrugated steel siding, for the side of a barn. Siding is the outer covering or cladding of a house meant to shed water and protect from the effects of weather. On a building that uses siding, it may… …
2siding — /suy ding/, n. 1. 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. 2. any of several varieties of weatherproof facing for frame buildings, composed… …
3Fiber cement siding — (or fibre cement cladding in the UK and Australasia) is a building material used to cover the exterior of a building in both commercial and domestic applications.UsageFibre cement is a composite material made of sand, cement and cellulose fibers …
4building construction — Techniques and industry involved in the assembly and erection of structures. Early humans built primarily for shelter, using simple methods. Building materials came from the land, and fabrication was dictated by the limits of the materials and… …
5Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad — Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Locale La Plata County and San Juan County, Colorado Dates of operation 1881–present Track gauge …
6Asbestos — For other uses, see Asbestos (disambiguation). Fibrous asbestos on muscovite …
7Building insulation materials — A selection of insulation materials can aid in building insulation. All of these are based on standard principles of thermal insulation. Materials used to reduce heat transfer by conduction, radiation or convection are employed in varying… …
8wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
9Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
10plastic — plastically, plasticly, adv. /plas tik/, n. 1. Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives,… …
