'Washboard' definitions:
Definition of 'washboard'
(from WordNet)
noun
Device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on
noun
Protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard]
Definition of 'Washboard'
From: GCIDE
- Washboard \Wash"board`\, n.
- 1. A fluted, or ribbed, board on which clothes are rubbed in washing them. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A board running round, and serving as a facing for, the walls of a room, next to the floor; a mopboard. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Naut.) A broad, thin plank, fixed along the gunwale of boat to keep the sea from breaking inboard; also, a plank on the sill of a lower deck port, for the same purpose; -- called also wasteboard. --Mar. Dict. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'washboard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asphalt,
- bitumen,
- bituminous macadam,
- blacktop,
- brick,
- broken ground,
- broken water,
- cement,
- chop,
- cobble,
- cobblestone,
- concrete,
- corduroy,
- corduroy road,
- corrugation,
- curb,
- curbing,
- curbstone,
- edgestone,
- flag,
- flagging,
- flagstone,
- goose bumps,
- goose pimples,
- gooseflesh,
- gravel,
- horripilation,
- kerb,
- kerbstone,
- lop,
- macadam,
- pavement,
- pavestone,
- paving,
- paving stone,
- ripple,
- road metal,
- rough,
- sandpaper,
- stone,
- Tarmac,
- tarmacadam,
- Tarvia,
- tile