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headboard

American

[hed-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈhɛdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

a board forming the head of anything, especially of a bed.

headboard British

/ ˈhɛdˌbɔːd /

noun

a vertical board or terminal at the head of a bed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of headboard

First recorded in 1720–30; head + board

Example Sentences

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Wearing glasses and her hair pulled back in a top-knot, and backed by a tall headboard, Applegate grows more enthusiastic when the conversation turns to a lighter topic: reality TV.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

His niece, the daughter of Ms Nazarova, was also in the house and had to be rescued by firefighters after a headboard was placed to block her door.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

“I actually built her giant butterfly wings last year for my Halloween costume … They are now the headboard to my bed!”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2025

The task of obtaining a headboard we'd bought on Facebook Marketplace, for example, involved the following:

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

Park nodded and sat up against his headboard.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell

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