baseboard
noun
a board forming the foot of an interior wall.
baseboards
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pluralof baseboard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fix the baseboards, the little dings in the cabinets, the landscaping, the mulch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Often, the instinct is to just begin: grab a garbage bag, empty the freezer, start wiping baseboards, briefly consider alphabetizing your spices.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
As she stuffed more linens around the baseboards, water flowed from beneath her kitchen cabinets and through her bathroom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024
They particularly like to hunker down anywhere near where people sleep, such as in mattresses, furniture and baseboards.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 13, 2023
I listen to Togo push his bowl from one side of the kitchen to the other, the metal dish pinging against the baseboards.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
