washboard
IPA: wˈɑʃbɔrd
noun
- A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
- (music) Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
- (nautical) A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
- A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
- (dated) baseboard; skirting board
verb
- To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
- To play a washboard.
- (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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Examples of "washboard" in Sentences
- Katz played washboard in the band.
- Is the washboard the best alternative
- The washboard as a musical instrument.
- I play drums and washboard on this stuff.
- A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing.
- A 'washboard' is a tool designed for hand washing clothing.
- A washboard and tub was usually brought for washing clothes.
- Guyler had been a devotee of washboard playing since his schooldays.
- He commonly played instruments such as the washboard and the mandolin.
- A washing machine actually replaces the function of a manual washboard.