baseboard
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈbeɪsˌbɔrd/
- US
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rodapié
- The carpenter installed a new baseboard along the living room walls.
- electric baseboard
So it could but it, and they had painted the baseboards black.
- So it could but it, and they had painted the baseboards black.
- All of the walls, flooring, baseboards, like everything had to be torn out.
- And, and one time the baseboards or whatever the thing was rotten at our place and, and the water came in while I was resting.
- You got to pick the door handles, the door hinges, the doors, the baseboards, the door casing.
Examples
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We've even wiped down the baseboards, every shelf and the floor.
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In the northwest, where electricity prices are closer to 3.5 cents per kWh, electric baseboard heating systems are common.
Academic text (1991) -
Throughout the house, there were baseboard safety lights.
Fiction book (1994) -
The options include wood, electric baseboard, fuel oil, and electric heat pumps.
Academic text (1991) -
Obviously, my floor is level, my baseboards are level.
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There was a draft along the floor, and there were gaps at the bottom of the baseboards.
Fiction book (1995) -
All of the walls, flooring, baseboards, like everything had to be torn out.
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Tumbleweeds of dog hair had drifted up against the baseboards in the hall.
Fiction book (1991) -
I would beef up the moldings around doorways and baseboards and paint them white.
Blog text (3) -
Take this paint very carefully and paint any little smudge or mark or anything on the baseboard there, behind the door and all around the doorways on the inside.
Synonyms
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4.8
A narrow board fixed along the bottom of an inside wall to cover the gap to the floor
A strip of wood or plastic along the bottom of a wall that protects it from dirt and knocks
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Morphology
Etymology
Baseboard comes from two simple words: base meaning 'bottom' and board meaning 'a flat piece of wood'. So a baseboard is literally a board at the bottom of a wall, which is why it sits where the wall meets the floor and helps protect and hide the gap.