headboard
headboard noun: a vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
Noun
headboard (plural headboards)
- A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
- A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
- A new use has been found for the L.M.S.R. observation car which previously worked in the Llandudno area. Mr. W. G. S. Wike writes that, still carrying headboards with the inscription "Llandudno and Blaenau Festiniog", it found its way to the Blackpool District, where it was used for familiarising...1939 June, “What the Railways are Doing: Novel Use of an Observation Car”, in Railway Magazine, page 462
- A grave marker made of wood.
Forms of headboard
| plural | headboards |
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Origin of headboard
From head + board.
Words formed from headboard
Questions about headboard
- What does headboard mean?
- Headboard means a vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- What part of speech is headboard?
- Headboard is a noun.
- What is the plural of headboard?
- The plural of headboard is headboards.
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