word for the day screed

screed

[skreed]
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noun

1.a long discourse or essay, especially a diatribe.

2.an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.

3.Building Trades.
  • a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered toserve as a guide for making a true surface.
  • a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface ona concrete pavement or the like.
  • a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slabto give it its proper level.

4.British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.

5.Scot.
  • a tear or rip, especially in cloth.
  • a drinking bout.

verb (used with object), verb (used without object)

6.Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.


 


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