What does "sideboard" mean?
A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
Sideboard
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
- Grammar: sideboard is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: buffet, beam, billet, board.
- Usage evidence: A sideboard is a long, low, flat-topped item of dining room furniture, usually made of wood, used to store china and linens.
How to use "sideboard"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
- 2 a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers wordnet
- 3 A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
"Fleming watched the sideboarded truck diminish down the rolling hillside, the stackers atop the hay clutching the sideboards and swaying and bouncing toward the barn."
- 4 a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib wordnet
- 5 A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
"Cards can only be exchanged between the playing deck and the sideboard on a one-to-one basis between duels or matches, and any number of cards, up to fifteen, can be exchanged at once."
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- 6 a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity wordnet
- 7 A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
"Conversely, in fisheries with increasing sideboards, economic benefit could be denied to the sideboarded sectors."
Verb
- 1 To include (a card) in one's sideboard.
"Hopefully you now have a strong grasp on how to sideboard effectively."
- 2 To add sideboards to.
"Wood used at the Natioual Guard camps will include flooring for tents. Tents will also be sideboarded for a distance of about three feet up from the ground."
Example
"A sideboard is a long, low, flat-topped item of dining room furniture, usually made of wood, used to store china and linens."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "sideboard"?
Common synonyms include: buffet, beam, billet, board, cabinet, cabinet.
How do you use "sideboard" in a sentence?
A sideboard is a long, low, flat-topped item of dining room furniture, usually made of wood, used to store china and linens.
Etymology
From side + board.