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sideboard

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side·board  (sdbôrd, -brd)
n.
1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linens and tableware.
2. A board that forms a side or part of a side: the sideboards of a skating rink.
3. sideboards Chiefly British Sideburns.

[Sense 3, probably alteration of sideburns.]

sideboard [ˈsaɪdˌbɔːd]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a piece of furniture intended to stand at the side of a dining room, with drawers, cupboards, and shelves to hold silver, china, linen, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sideboard - a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
2.sideboard - a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
3.sideboard - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining roomsideboard - a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
credenza, credence - a kind of sideboard or buffet
dining room, dining-room - a room used for dining
drawer - a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture - furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy; "they had too much furniture for the small apartment"; "there was only one piece of furniture in the room"
cellaret, minibar - sideboard with compartments for holding bottles
shelf - a support that consists of a horizontal surface for holding objects
Translations
sideboard [ˈsaɪdbɔːd] Naparador m

sideboard [ˈsaɪdbɔːrd] nbuffet m

sideboard [ˈsaɪdˌbɔːd] ncredenza

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"Don't try, unless you want me to take it back," Trent said, strolling to the sideboard.
Behind it a great mahogany-appearing sideboard reached the ceiling.
About midnight that steak was cut and cooked; and lighted by two lanterns of sperm oil, Stubb stoutly stood up to his spermaceti supper at the capstan-head, as if that capstan were a sideboard.
 
 
 
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