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washboards

The correct spelling is washboards.

How to pronounce washboards

noun

Say it like: Was-hboa-rds

The correct spelling is washboards. A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
  2. 2.Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
  3. 3.A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
  4. 4.A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
  5. 5.Baseboard; skirting board

verb

  1. 1.To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
  2. 2.To play a washboard.
  3. 3.(bees) To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax.

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