Definition of screeds Screeds
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What does screeds mean?
Wiktionary 
- screeds (Noun)
Plural of screed.
Part of speech
🔤- screeds, noun, plural of screed.
WordNet
NounPlural: screeds |
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| screed - an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete | ||
| screed - a long piece of writing | ||
| screed - a long monotonous harangue |
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Wiktionary
- screed (Noun)
A long discourse or harangue. - screed (Noun)
A piece of writing. - screed (Noun)
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. - screed (Noun)
A smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material. - screed (Verb)
To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material. - screed (Verb)
To use a screed tool.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- screed (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. - screed (n.)
A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat. - screed (n.)
A fragment; a portion; a shred. - screed (n.)
A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds. - screed (n.)
An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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screed
skrēd, n. a piece torn off: a shred: a long tirade: (Scot.) a strip of mortar: a rent, a tear.—v.t. to repeat glibly. [A.S. screáde, a shred.]
Part of speech
🔤- screed, noun, singular of screeds.
