sideboard

[ sahyd-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

1. a piece of furniture, as in a dining room, often with shelves, drawers, etc., for holding articles of table service.
2. a board forming a side or a part of a side; sidepiece.
3. sideboards, Slang. side whiskers.

sideboard

/ ˈsaɪdˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sideboard¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; side ¹, board

Example Sentences

When Tony’s friends bought him a DNA home-testing kit for Christmas in 2021, he left it on his kitchen sideboard and forgot about it for two months.

From BBC

Invicta resident David Bond is a council tenant, and proud of his military service in Cold War Germany, signified by two model tanks carefully displayed on his sideboard.

From BBC

"It went from having nine bottles on my mum and dad's sideboard in the kitchen, to a shelf, to buying my own shed," Mr Luke told BBC News.

From BBC

Both of the babies were born at home and stored in a sideboard drawer before being collected for the cemetery.

From BBC

Experiment by pairing a reclaimed wood console table with a polished walnut sideboard or layering diverse wood accents like a cherry wood mirror alongside a maple wood bookshelf.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• cupboard