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monkeyboard

monkeyboard noun: a derrickman's work platform.

Noun

monkeyboard (plural monkeyboards)

  1. A derrickman's work platform.
  2. (historical) The footboard on which a bus conductor stands.

Forms of monkeyboard

pluralmonkeyboards
alternative formmonkey-board

Origin of monkeyboard

From monkey + board.

Questions about monkeyboard

What does monkeyboard mean?
Monkeyboard means a derrickman's work platform.
What part of speech is monkeyboard?
Monkeyboard is a noun.
What is the plural of monkeyboard?
The plural of monkeyboard is monkeyboards.

Words near monkeyboard in the dictionary

  1. monkey-wrench
  2. monkey-wrencher
  3. monkey-wrenchers
  4. monkey-wrenches
  5. monkey-wrenching
  6. monkeyboard
  7. monkeyboards
  8. monkeycide
  9. monkeydom
  10. Monkeydonia
  11. monkeyed

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