Word.ws English Dictionary

groaning boards

groaning boards is the plural of groaning board.

Meaning of groaning board

Noun

groaning board (plural groaning boards)

  1. (UK, historical) A platter of food traditionally given to the mother of a household around the time of childbirth.

Questions about groaning boards

What is groaning boards the plural of?
Groaning boards is the plural of groaning board.

Words near groaning boards in the dictionary

  1. groaneth
  2. groanful
  3. groanin'
  4. groaning
  5. groaning board
  6. groaning boards
  7. groaning cheese
  8. groaning cheeses
  9. groaningly
  10. groanings
  11. groanless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: groaning boards (page history and authors); groaning board (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “groaning boards.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/groaning_boards. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.