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washboard

The English word “washboard” has 9 meanings listed here.

noun

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

verb

  1. To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
  2. To play a washboard.
  3. 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.

Etymology

From wash + board.

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