SIDEBOARD | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of sideboard in English sideboardnoun [ C ] uk /ˈsaɪd.bɔːd/ us /ˈsaɪd.bɔːrd/ Add to word list Add to word list a piece of furniture with a flat top and cupboards at the bottom, usually used for holding glasses, plates, etc.   Westend61/GettyImages Furniture for storage

• airing cupboard
• almirah
• bookcase
• bookshelf
• broom closet
• closet
• credenza
• cubby
• cubbyhole
• cupboard
• footlocker
• hatstand
• hot press
• hutch
• locker
• tallboy
• trophy cabinet
• walk-in
• wardrobe
• Welsh dresser

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sideboard | American Dictionary

sideboardnoun [ C ] us /ˈsɑɪdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/ Add to word list Add to word list a piece of furniture with a flat top and enclosed shelves at the bottom, usually used for holding such things as glasses, plates, knives, and forks (Definition of sideboard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of sideboard

sideboard The next two productions allow to fix a required number of sideboards, which should be placed close to each other. From the Cambridge English Corpus All plain cooked vegetables are also handed round from the sideboard. From the Cambridge English Corpus If one goes into a showroom today, one cannot but notice, for example, that sideboards are exactly the same height, breadth and length. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you may drink any of the drinks on a particular sideboard, you have not got to swallow the lot. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Luckily, only two objects were lost; namely, a portrait and a sideboard which were too large to move from the rooms during the restoration work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There were things such as a sideboard, a clock and an ironing board as well as a host of cutlery, bedding and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fear that night storage heaters may become the most expensive sideboards in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One picture, one sideboard and an antique carpet appear to have been lost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was always a photograph on some sideboard of the service man, however much he hated his service while doing it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have lived with port on the sideboard and bread in the larder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he—right down to his mutton-chop sideboards knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would that mean putting in the bailiff and taking his bed and his sideboard? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantage of heavy wine is that it is economic to buy and keep on the sideboard in a working man's house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My assistant made a telephone call, and a fan was on my sideboard within moments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet not everybody requires a settee and two chairs, nor a wardrobe, dressing-table and chest, nor a sideboard, table and four chairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of sideboard?

Translations of sideboard

in Chinese (Traditional) 餐具櫃，碗櫥… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 餐具柜，碗橱… See more in Spanish aparador, Aparador, Patilla… See more in Portuguese aparador, costeleta… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 食器棚… See more mutfak dolabı, büfe, favori… See more buffet, pattes… See more bufet… See more buffet, bakkebaard… See more příborník, kotlety… See more anretterbord, skænk, bakkenbarter… See more lemari kecil, rak piring, cambang… See more ตู้เก็บจานชาม, จอนหู… See more tủ bát đĩa, tóc mai dài… See more kredens, niski kredens, bokobrody… See more skänk, polisong… See more almari saidbod, jambang… See more das Sideboard, die Koteletten (pl.)… See more sidebord… See more 사이드 보드… See more сервант, буфет, баки… See more credenza, basette… See more Need a translator?

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