SIDEBOARD

buffet, counter, sideboard

(noun) a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers

sideboard

(noun) a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib

sideboard

(noun) a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

sideboard (plural sideboards)

(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.

Synonyms: buffet, cupboard (obsolete)

A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.

(collectible card games) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.

(fishing) A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.

Verb

sideboard (third-person singular simple present sideboards, present participle sideboarding, simple past and past participle sideboarded)

(collectible card games) To include (a card) in one's sideboard.

To add sideboards to.

Anagrams

• broadside

Source: Wiktionary


Side"board`, n.

Definition: A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. At a stately sideboard, by the wine, That fragrant smell diffused. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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