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leaning board

leaning board noun: an item of furniture like a flat bench, but positioned at a vertical diagonal, and often with attached arm-rests. Popularized in the early era of Hollywood film, where they allowed actresses in elaborate costumes to rest without becoming disheveled.

Noun

leaning board (plural leaning boards)

  1. An item of furniture like a flat bench, but positioned at a vertical diagonal, and often with attached arm-rests. Popularized in the early era of Hollywood film, where they allowed actresses in elaborate costumes to rest without becoming disheveled.

Forms of leaning board

pluralleaning boards

Questions about leaning board

What does leaning board mean?
Leaning board means an item of furniture like a flat bench, but positioned at a vertical diagonal, and often with attached arm-rests. Popularized in the early era of Hollywood film, where they allowed actresses in elaborate costumes to rest without becoming disheveled.
What part of speech is leaning board?
Leaning board is a noun.
What is the plural of leaning board?
The plural of leaning board is leaning boards.

Words near leaning board in the dictionary

  1. leanest and meanest
  2. leaneth
  3. Leanid
  4. leanin'
  5. leaning
  6. leaning board
  7. leaning boards
  8. leaning in
  9. leaning into
  10. leaning on
  11. leaning over backwards

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