FOOTBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does footboard mean? 

• FOOTBOARD (noun)
  The noun FOOTBOARD has 2 senses:

1. a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet

2. a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead

  Familiarity information: FOOTBOARD used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOOTBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("footboard" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "footboard"):

running board (a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("footboard" is a kind of...):

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

Holonyms ("footboard" is a part of...):

bedframe; bedstead (the framework of a bed)

 Context examples 

“Did SHE make 'em, now?” said Mr. Barkis, always leaning forward, in his slouching way, on the footboard of the cart with an arm on each knee.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)