WASHBOARD
\wˈɒʃbɔːd], \wˈɒʃbɔːd], \w_ˈɒ_ʃ_b_ɔː_d]\
Definitions of WASHBOARD
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A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
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A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; - called also wasteboard.
By Oddity Software
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A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard.
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A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; - called also wasteboard.
By Noah Webster.
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