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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAINING BOARD

draining board play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAINING BOARD

noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Draining board is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DRAINING BOARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of draining board in the English dictionary

The definition of draining board in the dictionary is a sloping grooved surface at the side of a sink, used for draining washed dishes, etc Also called: drainer.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAINING BOARD

drain
drain rod
drainable
drainage
drainage area
drainage basin
drainage channel
drainage ditch
drainage holes
drainage tube
drainboard
drained
drainer
draining
draining spoon
drainlayer
drainpipe
drainpipe trousers
drainpipes
draisine

WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAINING BOARD

aboard
billboard
board
bulletin board
cardboard
clipboard
dashboard
free on board
go by the board
keyboard
leaderboard
message board
motherboard
on board
onboard
outboard
overboard
secretary to the board
skateboard
snowboard
take on board

Synonyms and antonyms of draining board in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «draining board» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAINING BOARD

Find out the translation of draining board to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of draining board from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «draining board» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

滴水板
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

escurridor
570 millions of speakers

English

draining board
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

draining बोर्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَوْحَةٌ لِتَصْريفِ الماء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сушилка для посуды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

escorredor de pratos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পাড়ে বোর্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

égouttoir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyalirkan papan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Abtropfbrett
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

水切り板
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

식기 건조대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Draining board
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tấm thoát nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வடிகட்டுதல் குழு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निचरा बोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bulaşıklık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scolapiatti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ociekacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сушарка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

suport de vase
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πιατοθήκη στραγγίσματος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

afdruipblad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avrinningsyta
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tørkebrett
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of draining board

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAINING BOARD»

The term «draining board» is normally little used and occupies the 131.398 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAINING BOARD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about draining board

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAINING BOARD»

Discover the use of draining board in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to draining board and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Home Plumbing: The Complete Handbook
COST OF A GLAZED SINK If you plan to build a country cottage kitchen complete with an old-fashioned glazed sink, wooden draining board and brass taps, bear in mind that such sinks are so heavy that they need to be supported on a sturdy ...
Julian Bridgewater, 2004
2
Maintenance Of Buildings
The parts of the sink are (/) the sink proper (») draining board. The sinks can either be of fire clay or ceramic or of materials like marble mosaic or it can be made-out of RCC covered with glazed tiles. However, sinks made of the fire clay and ...
A C Panchdhari, 2006
3
Silicon Compounds—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 ...
“According to a first aspect of the invention, the object is achieved by means of an insulating and draining board with two opposing main side surfaces and a top side portion and a bottom side portion, said board being formed by bonded beads ...
‎2013
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... proper: and a cover for said compartment serving as a draining-board when closed and attached to the frame in such manner as to serve as a platform or draining-board adjoining said compartment when open, substantially as described. 2.
United States. Patent Office, 1898
5
The Midnight Man
Moving back to the table, he hefted the bloodstained bolt cutter onto the draining board. Sucking in lungs full of air, he tried to get the cutter to lie lengthways, with the blades open. He laid one forearm across it, trying to steady the damn thing.
Stephen Laws, 2013
6
Death of a Poison Pen
Two beads of water were on the draining board under them. He conjured up a picture of Miss Amy Beattie as he remembered her. A bustling, cheerful woman. He went back in and said to the pathologist, “I can't believe it was suicide.
M. C. Beaton, 2007
7
Geosynthetics in Civil and Environmental Engineering: ...
... sundries from the sand layer such as conch, edged stone, and dig the holes ( 30*30*50) around the draining board which above the sand layer, connect the board and pipes with hand-formed connect, make sure the all connects be fasten,  ...
Guang-xin Li, Yunmin Chen, Xiao-Wu Tang, 2008
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Oxford Dictionary of English
2a drainVing board. 2 a person who drains a flooded area. draining board 7noun Brit. a sloping grooved board or surface on which washed dishes are left to drain into an adjacent sink. drainpipe 7noun a pipe for carrying off rainwater or liquid ...
Angus Stevenson, 2010
9
A Landing on the Sun: A Novel
climbing on to the draining-board as well! Wild, uneasy imaginings come to me. Some people, I have heard, can only derive satisfaction from intercourse performed standing up, against walls and in doorways. Others like to be tied up and shut ...
Michael Frayn, 2003
10
Valencies: A Science Fiction Novel
On the marble draining board stood his ornate library, a data treasury rivaling the City Fathers, listing slightly on the board's gentle slope . One of the twin zinc tubs had been filled with soil, from which sprouted a number of vigorous seedlings, ...
Damien Broderick, Rory Barnes, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAINING BOARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term draining board is used in the context of the following news items.
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Marc O'Haire killed friend in row over Buckfast
... Avenue, Bishopbriggs, after a scuffle, but Mr McFarlane, described as “very drunk”, grabbed a kitchen knife from O'Haire's draining board. «Kirkintilloch Herald, Jul 15»
2
Marc O'Haire guilty of causing John McFarlane's death
But Mr McFarlane, described as "very drunk", grabbed a kitchen knife from O'Haire's draining board. He left the flat but the fight continued ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Christopher McCann Millport pictures of skinned stillborn kittens
The photos showed the kittens being held in McCann's hand, posed in a crucified position and a skull sitting on a kitchen draining board. «stv.tv, Jun 15»
4
Millport man showed pictures of skinned kittens
The images showed the bodies held in McCann's hand, lying in a kitchen sink, a skull left sitting on a kitchen draining board and the kitten's ... «Largs and Millport Weekly News, Jun 15»
5
Emma Townshend: 'The Gardener's Book of Colour has inspired me …
When I got home this evening, the kitchen floor was clear, the washing-up was drying on the draining board, and on the wiped pine table there ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
6
Top 100 network programmes: 1 - 7 June 2015
... folded their overalls, put their clean mugs and teapot on the draining board and left for the summer after last week's annual jet-washing of the ... «Broadcast, Jun 15»
7
Canterbury residents complain over Kent University fireworks …
Another witness said: “Live in south Canterbury and it was making the glasses on the draining board shake”, while another reported that their ... «Kent Online, Jun 15»
8
Excitement in the 1930s over building of a new estate
... which had a new kitchen, filled with modern conveniences such as 'a sink fitted in the corner leaving room for a draining board', plus 'a larder ... «Chichester Observer, Jun 15»
9
Hilary Fannin: God wears yoga pants
Nobody talks to her, she explains slowly, painstakingly, they just leave the bleach out for her on the draining board and the ironing wrestling in ... «Irish Times, Jun 15»
10
Apology for families left without 'basic' facilities for weeks
"My worktop is my washing machine, before that we were using a camping stove on the draining board." null Changes will be made to the way ... «BBC News, Jun 15»

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