Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knifeboard

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
knifeboard
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

noun

A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.

noun

An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From knife + board.

Inflected Forms

knifeboards (plural)

Questions

What does knifeboard mean?
A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.
Where does knifeboard come from?
From knife + board.

How to pronounce knifeboard

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