Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

clad2

Pronunciation: /klad/

Translate clad | into German | into Italian
Definition of clad

verb (clads, cladding; past and past participle cladded or clad)

[with object]
  • encase (a structure) with a covering or coating: he cladded the concrete-frame structure in stainless steel

Origin:

mid 16th century (in the sense 'clothe'): apparently from clad1

clad in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of clad in the US English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

Word of the day

synodic

/ sɪˈnɒdɪk /
adjective
relating to or involving the conjunction of celestial objects …