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HEADBOARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does headboard mean?
• HEADBOARD (noun)
The noun HEADBOARD has 1 sense:
1. a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
Familiarity information: HEADBOARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("headboard" is a kind of...):
panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)
Holonyms ("headboard" is a part of...):
Context examples
Check the mattress and headboard for signs of bedbugs.
(Bedbugs, Environmental Protection Agency)
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