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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