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base·board
/
ˈbeɪsˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd
/
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[
beys
-bawrd, -bohrd
]
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noun
1.
Also called
mopboard
,
skirt
.
a
board
forming the foot of an interior wall.
2.
a
board
forming the
base
of anything.
Origin:
1850–55,
Americanism;
base
1
+
board
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baseboard
(ˈbeɪsˌbɔːd)
—
n
1.
a board functioning as the base of anything
2.
(
US
), (
Canadian
) Also called:
skirting board
a skirting made of wood
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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