Thesaurus: screed

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1. 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.
2. n. A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat.
3. n. A fragment; a portion; a shred.
4. n. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds.
5. n. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject.
6. n. a long monotonous harangue
7. n. a long piece of writing
8. n. an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete
9. 1. (Arch.) (a) 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. (b) A wooden straightedge used to lay across the plaster screed, as a limit for the thickness of the coat. 2. A fragment; a portion; a shred. [Scot.] 1. A breach or rent; a breaking forth into a loud, shrill sound; as, martial screeds. 2. An harangue; a long tirade on any subject. The old carl gae them a screed of doctrine; ye might have heard him a mile down the wind. Sir W. Scott.
10. n:100 n. a long monotonous harangue n. a long piece of writing n. an accurately levelled strip of material placed on a wall or floor as guide for the even application of plaster or concrete