washboard

Meanings

Plural: washboards

Noun

• device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
• protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side
• A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed.
• Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument.
• A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard.
• A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface.
• Ellipsis of washboard abs.
• Baseboard; skirting board.

Verb

• To produce a rippled texture on a surface.
• To play a washboard.
• To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax.

Synonyms

splashboard