Washboard (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing.
  2. a baseboard around the walls of a room.
  3. Also called splashboard. Nautical.
    • a thin, broad plank fastened to and projecting above the gunwale or side of a boat to keep out the spray and sea.
    • a similar board on the sill of a port.
adjective
  1. resembling a washboard in being rough and bumpy: a washboard roadbed.
noun
  1. a board having a surface, usually of corrugated metal, on which esp formerly, clothes were scrubbed
  2. such a board used as a rhythm instrument played with the fingers in skiffle, Country and Western music, etc
  3. a less common US word for skirting board
  4. nautical
    • a vertical planklike shield fastened to the gunwales of a boat to prevent water from splashing over the side
    • a shield under a port for the same purpose
Washboard (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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