screed /skrid/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [skreed] Show IPA
–noun
1. a long discourse or essay, esp. a diatribe.
2. an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing.
3. Building Trades. a. a strip of plaster or wood applied to a surface to be plastered to serve as a guide for making a true surface.
b. a wooden strip serving as a guide for making a true level surface on a concrete pavement or the like.
c. a board or metal strip dragged across a freshly poured concrete slab to give it its proper level.
4. British Dialect. a fragment or shred, as of cloth.
5. Scot.
a. a tear or rip, esp. in cloth.
b. a drinking bout.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
6. Scot. to tear, rip, or shred, as cloth.
screed (skrēd)
n.
A long monotonous speech or piece of writing.
A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete.
A layer or strip of material used to level off a horizontal surface such as a floor.
A smooth final surface of a substance, such as concrete, applied to a floor.