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gable

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for gable.

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If something different, call it 'X', had a similar impact on life, then people would gable with 'X'.

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Quick take

A surname.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of gable gathered in one view.

noun

A surname.

noun

(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for gable.

noun

(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).

Example sentences

1

If something different, call it 'X', had a similar impact on life, then people would gable with 'X'.

2

You do that by letting air in from your soffit vents to either ridge or gable vent.

3

Yes, because the gable wall isn't load bearing so it doesn't have a load bearing header which needs jack studs.

4

The form components like input, select, etc should be directly drag-gable with responsiveness in it.

5

Later after the air-cooling switchover at ~5pm (cooler out than in), switched the ceiling fan to blow up at the gable ceiling.

6

Or operate a fan based on humidity or temp, similar to a gable/attic fan.

7

Bounced sideways off the runway and very nearly collided with one of the gable-markers.

8

We used to have Cary Grant and Clark Gable and all these people.

9

The days of Clark Gable (and Clark Kent) journalism are over.

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I basically just followed IRC design to frame a simple rectangular house with gable roof.

11

The biggest noticeable effect of having the fan on during the day was to accelerate heat transfer through the hot gable ceiling to the indoor air.

12

My advice would be to not put the fans on the roof, but somewhere sheltered like a gable end so you dont need to worry about waterproofing.

Quote examples

1

Ironically, Clark Gable's real name was "William Clark Gable" apparently.

2

Yeah, that's it (gable or a-frame, maybe possibly consider a Gambrel but I don't know if that "bend" greatly increases the possibility of various forms of failure).

3

I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper." -- Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in "Gone With the Wind." "A cookie store is a bad idea.

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Entirely a tangential aside, but related to SS7, so maybe a fun aside: I got nerd sniped by a Facebook meme joking on a Gen Z "text chat" caption to a "Gone with the Wind" still that said "tbh bae idgaf" in place of the infamous Clark Gable line and how incomprehensible that seemed and might be to past generations.

Proper noun examples

1

The house had a Gable-style roof[1], and the stairs a U shape along one of the outer walls.

2

I guess Clark Olofsson was also named after Clark Gable, as Clark is not a particularly Swedish name either.

3

Tom Cruise is basically the last actor in the lineage of the mysterious movie star, dating right back to the early days of Hollywood with Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and later, Clark Gable, Cary Grant etc where movies and moviemaking themselves were both novel, mysterious and glamorous.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use gable in a sentence?

If something different, call it 'X', had a similar impact on life, then people would gable with 'X'.

What does gable mean?

A surname.

What part of speech is gable?

gable is commonly used as noun.