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sideboard

American  
[sahyd-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈsaɪdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

  1. a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.

  2. a board forming a side or a part of a side; sidepiece.

  3. Slang. sideboards, side whiskers.

sideboard British  
/ ˈsaɪdˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a piece of furniture intended to stand at the side of a dining room, with drawers, cupboards, and shelves to hold silver, china, linen, etc

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Etymology

Origin of sideboard

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; side 1, board

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Example Sentences

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Pickwick drew me a cup from the silver urn on the sideboard.

From Literature

A sideboard under a row of windows held cups and saucers and a couple of enamel pots full of coffee and tea.

From Literature

A massive Ruhlmann sideboard, first made in 1920, is inlaid with an ivory marquetry pattern that suggests—to me, least—soap bubbles.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Tony’s friends bought him a DNA home-testing kit for Christmas in 2021, he left it on his kitchen sideboard and forgot about it for two months.

From BBC

Invicta resident David Bond is a council tenant, and proud of his military service in Cold War Germany, signified by two model tanks carefully displayed on his sideboard.

From BBC

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