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SYDB-ord/ˈsaɪdbɔːd/

A sideboard is a long, low cupboard for plates and glasses, usually in a dining room. A wardrobe is for clothes; a dresser may have shelves above. Dining hall: the sideboard is for serving dishes; bags are not stored on it.

Meaning

A long, low cupboard for plates and glasses, usually in a dining room.

Examples

• “The sideboard in the dining hall is for serving dishes; bags are not stored on it.”
• “A sideboard on the tenancy inventory is furniture; selling it with the house share is theft.”

Good to know

a sideboard. Contrast: a wardrobe / a dresser. Dining rooms / tenancy. Countable. Mix-up: a board can be a committee or a piece of wood; a sideboard is the cupboard.

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