washboard in English

noun
1
a board made of ridged wood or a sheet of corrugated zinc, used when washing clothes as a surface against which to scrub them.
Their chores will be done with the implements of the day, which means they will be cooking their meals over an open fire and washing their clothes with a washboard .
2
a board fixed along the side of a boat to prevent water from spilling in over the edge.
verb
1
cause ridges to develop in (a road or road surface).
a road left washboarded by winter frost
noun

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Below are sample sentences containing the word "washboard" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "washboard", or refer to the context using the word "washboard" in the English Dictionary.

1. I mean, you're flat as a washboard.

2. How does one learn to play the washboard?

3. Blotto originated as the Star-Spangled Washboard Band in the '70s

4. Blotto originated as the Star-Spangled Washboard Band in the '70s

5. It's not like that electronic abs machine where, 15 minutes a month, you get washboard abs.

6. Anthologizing the Historical and the Modern A Brooklyn Band Goes All the Way Back to the Washboard for Its Folk-Music Resurrection

7. 5 Most ants have a natural washboard and plectrum built into their abdomens that they can rub together to communicate using sound.

8. The band performed popular skiffle songs such as "Rock Island Line" and "Walking Cane", with Starkey raking a thimble across a washboard, creating primitive, driving rhythms.