wash-board

  • 11washboard — WASH BOARD [pr.: uóş bod] n. Instrument de percuţie folosit în primele forme ale muzicii de jaz. /cuv. engl. Trimis de siveco, 22.08.2004. Sursa: NODEX  WASH BOARD s.n. (muz.) Instrument de percuţie folosit în primele forme de muzică de jaz.… …

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  • 12washboard — wash|board [ waʃ,bɔrd ] noun count a board with a rough metal surface used in the past for rubbing clothes on to help make them clean …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 13washboard — wash•board [[t]ˈwɒʃˌbɔrd, ˌboʊrd, ˈwɔʃ [/t]] n. 1) a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing 2) a baseboard around the walls of a room 3) naut. a thin, broad… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 14Washboard — Wash|board 〈[wɔ̣ʃbɔ:d] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s; Musik〉 in der Jazzmusik als Hintergrund und Rhythmusinstrument verwendetes Waschbrett, auf dem mittels eines Löffels o. Ä. ein scheuernder Takt erzeugt wird [Etym.: engl., »Waschbrett«] …

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  • 15washboard — wash|board [ˈwɔʃbo:d US ˈwo:ʃbo:rd, ˈwa:ʃ ] n a piece of metal with a slightly rough surface, used in the past for rubbing clothes on when washing them …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 16Washboard — Wash|board [ wɔʃbɔ:d] das; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. washboard> als Rhythmusinstrument im Jazz benutztes Waschbrett …

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  • 17surbase — n. Skirting board, mop board, base board, skirting, wash board …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 18Washboard — Wash board , n. 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. [1913 Webster] 2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut.) A broad …

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  • 19wasteboard — Washboard Wash board , n. 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. [1913 Webster] 2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. [1913 Webster] 3. (Naut …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 20washboard — washboardy, adj. /wosh bawrd , bohrd , wawsh /, n. 1. a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing. 2. a baseboard around the walls of a room. 3. Also called… …

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