base·board

[beys-bawrd, -bohrd]
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; base1 + board

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baseboard (ˈbeɪsˌbɔːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a board functioning as the base of anything
2.  (US), (Canadian) Also called: skirting board a skirting made of wood

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Baseboard is always a great word to know.
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
Example sentences
Replacement of current electric baseboard heating with hot water baseboard
  heating in the high school.
Clean or replace filters on forced-air furnaces and heat pumps, and vacuum air
  vents, baseboard heaters and radiators regularly.
If you have a hot water system, clean the fins on baseboard radiators.
Both baseboard and wall heaters have thermostats that control them.
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