Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linens and tableware.
- noun A board that forms a side or part of a side.
- noun Chiefly British Sideburns.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A side-table, as an additional dining-table; later, a more elaborate form of side-table, having the cupboard for plate combined with it.
- noun A board forming a side, or part of a side, of something.
- noun A vertical board forming the side of a carpenters' bench next to the workman, containing holes for the insertion of pins to hold one end of a piece of work while the other end is held by the bench-screw or clamp.
- noun Same as
lee-board . - noun plural
- noun Standing shirt-collars.
- noun Side–whiskers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A piece of
dining room furniture havingdrawers andshelves forlinen andtableware ; originally forserving food - noun a
board that forms part of theside of something - noun in the plural, chiefly UK
sideburns
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
- noun a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
- noun a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Whether the Bookshelf and the sideboard is available in various colors to matches with your style.
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Having three drawers, four cupboards and a considerable amount of space, this sideboard could be the answer to your storage needs.
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In place of a sideboard was a row of teletypes and a phone bank.
HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010
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In place of a sideboard was a row of teletypes and a phone bank.
HITLER’S HOLY RELICS Sidney D. Kirkpatrick 2010
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Like a civic manifestation is the interior furniture: An oil-paint-portrait of the young sergeant Le Pen in bright parade-uniform, on a sideboard is the bible.
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But the praying Jesus above the sideboard is a little unusual, like the proverbial elephant in the room that no one mentions, so Parva decides there is only one thing to do.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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But the praying Jesus above the sideboard is a little unusual, like the proverbial elephant in the room that no one mentions, so Parva decides there is only one thing to do.
Sufficient Grace Darnell Arnoult 2006
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On the sideboard was a photo of her on her wedding day and Janine stared at it for long moments, remembering how she had felt then with her brand-new husband beside her and a baby growing inside her belly.
Maura's Game Cole, Martina 2002
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There was handsome old silver on the table and sideboard, which is a rare thing in France, as almost all the silver was melted during the
Chateau and Country Life in France Mary Alsop King Waddington
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Over the sideboard was a large and elaborate piece of needlework, a perfect maze of doors and windows in green and red worsted, with a gigantic bird on either side preparing to alight.
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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