HyperDic: overlapping

English > 1 sense of the word *overlapping*:
NOUN	artifact	overlapping, imbrication, lapping	covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

overlapping > pronunciation
Sounds	ow'verlae.pihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *overlapping*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles).
Synonyms	imbrication, lapping
Broader	covering	An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it)
Spanish	imbricación
Catalan	imbricació
Verbs	overlap	extend over and cover a part of