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scrubboard

scrubboard noun: a washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument.

Noun

scrubboard (plural scrubboards)

  1. A washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument

Forms of scrubboard

pluralscrubboards

Origin of scrubboard

From scrub + board.

Questions about scrubboard

What does scrubboard mean?
Scrubboard means a washboard for scrubbing laundry or as an informal musical instrument.
What part of speech is scrubboard?
Scrubboard is a noun.
What is the plural of scrubboard?
The plural of scrubboard is scrubboards.

Words near scrubboard in the dictionary

  1. scrubbing out
  2. scrubbing up
  3. scrubbings
  4. scrubbird
  5. scrubbirds
  6. scrubboard
  7. scrubboards
  8. scrubby
  9. scrubdown
  10. scrubdowns
  11. scrubeenie

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