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headboard

headboard

21 3.7
A board attached to the top of a bed that supports pillows
  • noun
  • /ˈhɛdˌbɔrd/
: cabecero
  • There was no way I was buying my child a headboard for a college dorm room.
  • bed headboard
  • Upholstered headboard
  • brass headboard

There was no way I was buying my child a headboard for a college dorm room.

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Examples

  • The bed was a sturdy double, its headboard an unattractive but functional bookcase full of paperbacks.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • We're buying a brand-new double bed with a brass headboard.

    The Other End of the Line (2007)

  • Just hold onto the headboard.

    Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

  • And I set the headboard down and then I'm like OK, I got to go.

    Ear Biscuits

  • It's like wooden, and it's just like a plain wooden headboard and bed.

  • Four pillows, one on top of the other, are pushed up against the headboard.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • In bed, Sue and I read magazines by the glow of our headboard lamps.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • An immense bed with a carved headboard and footboard dominated one corner of the room.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Her bed was the largest thing of all - curly legs, carved headboard, and covered with a flowered eiderdown.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • We're buying a brand-new double bed with a brass headboard.

How Comfortable

headboard
21 3.7
bedframe
1 2.1

Surface Forms

headboard singular
headboards plural

Morphology

headboard = head + board (transparent) = head + board

Meaning is directly composed of 'head' + 'board' = a board at the head of a bed; straightforward for learners.

Etymology

Headboard is made of two words, head and board, where head means 'top' and board means 'a flat piece of wood'. It is literally the board at the top of a bed that supports your pillows and protects the wall, which is why a headboard is the panel behind the bed.