Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skirting board

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables: skirt-ing board
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.

British usage

Example Sentences

"But these little tunnels, emerging into the open at Finchley Road (reached in 1879) were the start of something big. By the early twentieth century it would be possible to think of them as two mouseholes in the skirting board of a wall separating two great ballrooms."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

skirting boards (plural)

Synonyms

baseboard skirtboard mopboard

Questions

What does skirting board mean?: A panel, normally made of wood, between the floor and the interior wall of a structure, or placed in a position that is subject to repeated knocks.

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