If I learn to play the washboard and you learn to play the kazoo, maybe we can join a jug band.
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Washboard
Synonyms for "washboard" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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3 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
46 translations across 29 languages.
Aleut
1 entries- duskax̂ noun (board to do laundry)
Basque
1 entries- latsazur noun (board to do laundry)
Bulgarian
1 entries- дъска за пране noun (board to do laundry)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 洗衣板 noun (board to do laundry)
Czech
1 entries- valcha noun (board to do laundry)
Danish
1 entries- vaskebræt noun (board to do laundry)
Dutch
2 entries- wasbord noun (board to do laundry)
- zetbord noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
Esperanto
1 entries- lavtabulo noun (board to do laundry)
Finnish
4 entries- pyykkilauta noun (board to do laundry)
- pyykkilauta noun (percussion instrument)
- roiskesuoja noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
- räve noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
French
2 entries- planche à laver noun (board to do laundry)
- planche à laver noun (percussion instrument)
Galician
1 entries- lavadoiro noun (board to do laundry)
German
3 entries- Waschbrett noun (board to do laundry)
- Waschbrett noun (percussion instrument)
- Wellblech noun (stretch of ripples)
Hebrew
1 entries- קרש כביסה noun (board to do laundry)
Italian
2 entries- asse per il bucato noun (board to do laundry)
- asse per lavare noun (board to do laundry)
Japanese
2 entries- ウォッシュボード noun (percussion instrument)
- 洗濯板 noun (board to do laundry)
Korean
2 entries- 빨래판 noun (board to do laundry)
- 워시보드 noun (percussion instrument)
Macedonian
1 entries- перална даска noun (board to do laundry)
Maranao
1 entries- batalan noun (board to do laundry)
Māori
4 entries- parengaru noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
- paretai noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
- pāiri noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
- rauawa noun (a board on the gunwale of a boat to stop splashing; a splash board)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vaskebrett noun (board to do laundry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vaskebrett noun (board to do laundry)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Riew noun (board to do laundry)
Polish
1 entries- tara noun (board to do laundry)
Portuguese
2 entries- costeleta noun (stretch of ripples)
- tanquinho noun (board to do laundry)
Russian
2 entries- стира́льная доска́ noun (board to do laundry)
- стира́льная доска́ noun (percussion instrument)
Spanish
2 entries- lavadero noun (board to do laundry)
- serrucho noun (stretch of ripples)
Swedish
2 entries- tvättbräda noun (board to do laundry)
- tvättbräda noun (percussion instrument)
Turkish
1 entries- çamaşır tahtası noun (board to do laundry)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пральна дошка noun (board to do laundry)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Mary washes her laundry by hand on a washboard.
Source: tatoeba (4978844)
Sami's ribs were like a washboard.
Source: tatoeba (6322332)
Tom has washboard abs.
Source: tatoeba (6579303)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.