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washboard

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

Similar words

splashboard washtub washing ball dash-wheel wash basket washpan washcloth wash-ball face washer wringer

Often followed by

and stomach abs sam road in band of roads

Word family

washboards

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