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单词 mopboard
释义

mopboard

[ mop-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈmɒpˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

baseboard (def. 1).

Origin of mopboard

1850–55, Americanism;mop1 + board, so called because it adjoins the floor surface, which is cleaned by a mop

Words nearby mopboard

moot hall, moot point, mop, mopani, mopani worm, mopboard, mope, moped, mopery, mopes, mopey
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Example sentences from the Web for mopboard

  • Soon, too, she made out the insistent gnawing of a rat behind the mopboard.

    The Girls of Hillcrest Farm|Amy Bell Marlowe
  • Will you—will you go over there in the corner by the door and look behind the mopboard?

    The Quickening|Francis Lynde
  • There is a very funny mark on this wall, low down, near the mopboard.

    The Yellow Wallpaper|Charlotte Perkins Gilman

British Dictionary definitions for mopboard

mopboard
/ (ˈmɒpˌbɔːd) /

noun

a US word for skirting board
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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