washboard
noun
a rectangular board or frame, typically with a corrugated metallic surface, on which clothes are rubbed in the process of washing.
washboards
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pluralof washboard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Since the late 1960s, Saar has transformed washboards, dolls, clocks, family photographs, racist memorabilia and other salvaged materials into emotionally charged assemblages now held in the permanent collections of more than 60 museums.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The fictitious Midlands family chain began by selling washboards and tinned pies in 1923.
From BBC ● May 11, 2022
The washboards are used in lieu of canvases and are loaded with symbolism.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2018
He would eke out his entries at night amid the washboards and concrete sinks, the only private space in the camp with light.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2015
He took pride in using a variety of Northwest woods in his products—sugar pine for keels, ash for the frames, Sitka spruce for the gunnels and the hand-carved seats, Alaska yellow cedar for the washboards.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
