washboard
washboard Lexical Profile
washboard Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A rectangular frame holding a corrugated piece of metal, glass, or wood against which clothes are rubbed during hand washing.
"Before modern washing machines, people scrubbed their laundry by hand in a tub using a metal washboard."
A percussion instrument used in folk, jazz, Zydeco, and skiffle music, consisting of a traditional laundry washboard or a specialized corrugated metal plate played by scraping with thimbles or brushes.
"The Zydeco band featured a lively accordionist and a percussionist playing the washboard."
North American An uneven surface of parallel ripples or ridges formed on an unpaved dirt or gravel road by vehicle traffic.
"The truck rattled violently as it drove over a long stretch of washboard on the gravel road."
• adjective
Having a series of ridges or corrugations resembling a washboard, especially describing well-defined, muscular abdominal muscles.
"The fitness model was known for his toned physique and washboard stomach."
• verb
North American To form a series of parallel ridges or ripples on the surface (especially of an unpaved dirt or gravel road).
"Heavy logging trucks and dry summer weather caused the gravel road to washboard."