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.

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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

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

"It went from having nine bottles on my mum and dad's sideboard in the kitchen, to a shelf, to buying my own shed," Mr Luke told BBC News.

From BBC

Both of the babies were born at home and stored in a sideboard drawer before being collected for the cemetery.

From BBC

Related Words

• cupboard