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Webster 1913 Edition


Sideboard

Side′boardˊ

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Noun.
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
At a stately
sideboard
, by the wine,
That fragrant smell diffused.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sideboard

SI'DEBOARD

,
Noun.
A piece of furniture or cabinet work consisting of a table or box with drawers or cells, placed at the side of a room or in a recess, and used to hold dining utensils, & c.

Definition 2024


sideboard

sideboard

English

Noun

sideboard (plural sideboards)

  1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food
  2. a board that forms part of the side of something
  3. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) sideburns
  4. (collectible card games) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.

Synonyms

  • (furniture used for serving food): See buffet
  • (furniture used for displaying tableware): cupboard (obsolete)

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