drainboard

[ dreyn-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. a working surface beside or on a kitchen sink, formed and inclined to drain into the sink.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drainboard¹

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; drain + board

Example Sentences

Wash out the towels and dishpan, and leave the sink and drainboard perfectly clean.

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She carried her coffee cup to the sink, rinsed it out and set it on the drainboard.

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Dundee said in a low voice, setting the fragile crystal dishes he carried upon the porcelain drainboard of the sink.

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Johnny and Barney huddled against the kitchen drainboard out of the main stream of traffic.

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Figure 58 shows an enameled iron sink, containing sink, drainboard, and back all in one piece.

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