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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wash•board (wosh′bôrd′, -bōrd′, wôsh′-),USA pronunciation n. - a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing.
- a baseboard around the walls of a room.
- Also called splashboard. [Naut.]
- Nauticala thin, broad plank fastened to and projecting above the gunwale or side of a boat to keep out the spray and sea.
- Nauticala similar board on the sill of a port.
adj. - resembling a washboard in being rough and bumpy:a washboard roadbed.
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