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drainboard

[ dreyn-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a working surface beside or on a kitchen sink, formed and inclined to drain into the sink.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drainboard1

An Americanism dating back to 1900–05; drain + board
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Example Sentences

Wash out the towels and dishpan, and leave the sink and drainboard perfectly clean.

She carried her coffee cup to the sink, rinsed it out and set it on the drainboard.

Dundee said in a low voice, setting the fragile crystal dishes he carried upon the porcelain drainboard of the sink.

Johnny and Barney huddled against the kitchen drainboard out of the main stream of traffic.

Figure 58 shows an enameled iron sink, containing sink, drainboard, and back all in one piece.

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