What does “clad” mean?
- 1
adjectivewearing a particular kind of clothing
The guards were clad in black.
- 2
adjectivecovered with a particular material
The building is clad in glass.
Clad at a glance
- Part of speech
- adjective
- CEFR level
- C2 (proficient)
- Pronunciation
- /klæd/ · KLAD
How to use “clad” correctly
Literary for “dressed”. It is followed by “in”, or forms compounds like “steel-clad”.
Common phrases with “clad”
- clad in
- ivy-clad
- scantily clad
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Word family
- cladding
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