screed

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /skɹiːd/

Noun

screed (plural screeds)

1. A long discourse or harangue. [from late 18th c.]

   Synonyms: diatribe, harangue, polemic, rant, tirade

2. A piece of writing.
3. 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.
4. A smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.

   Synonyms: flat

5. A piece torn off; a shred. [from early 14th c.]
6. A rent; a tear.

Related terms

• shred

Translations

• French: litanie, tirade, harangue, diatribe
• German: Tirade, Schmähschrift, Pamphlet
• Italian: panegirico
• Spanish: diatriba, filípica, catilinaria

Translations

• German: Abziehlatte, Kartätsche

Translations

• French: chape
• German: Estrich
• Italian: massetto
• Spanish: losa

Verb

screed (screeds, present participle screeding; past and past participle screeded)

1. (construction, masonry) To produce a smooth flat layer of concrete or similar material.
2. (construction, masonry) To use a screed (tool).
3. (transitive) To repeat glibly.

Adjective

screed (not comparable)

1. Strewn with scree.

   We clambered up a screed slope.

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