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PRONUNCIATION OF SKIRTING BOARD

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SKIRTING BOARD

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Skirting 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 SKIRTING BOARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

skirting board

Baseboard

In architecture, a baseboard is a board covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface and the floor. It covers the uneven edge of flooring next to the wall; protects the wall from kicks, abrasion, and furniture; and can serve as a decorative molding. At its simplest, baseboard consists of a simple plank nailed, screwed or glued to the wall; however, particularly in older houses, it can be made up of a number of mouldings for decoration. Plastic baseboard comes in various plastic compounds, the most common of which is UPVC. It is usually available in white or a flexible version in several colors and is usually glued to the wall. Wooden baseboard can be available in untreated, lacquered or prepainted versions. Prepainted baseboards can be made from a single piece or finger jointed wood, often softwoods, while hardwoods are either lacquered, or raw for staining and made from a single piece of wood. Radiators are sometimes installed inside or in front of baseboards. A baseboard differs from a wainscot; a wainscot typically covers from the floor to around 1-1.5m high, whereas a baseboard is typically just up to 0.

Definition of skirting board in the English dictionary

The definition of skirting board in the dictionary is a skirting made of wood US and Canadian name: baseboard US name: mopboard.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SKIRTING BOARD

skirl
skirmish
skirmisher
skirr
skirret
skirt
skirt length
skirt-chaser
skirted
skirter
skirting
skirtings
skirtless
skirtlike
skit
skitch
skite
skitter
skittery
skittish

WORDS THAT END LIKE SKIRTING 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 skirting board in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «skirting board» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SKIRTING BOARD

Find out the translation of skirting board to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of skirting 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 «skirting board» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

踢脚板
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rodapié
570 millions of speakers

English

skirting board
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झालर बोर्ड
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لَوْحٌ خَشَبِيٌّ بِأَسْفَلِ الـجُّدْرَانِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

плинтус
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rodapé
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কিনারা বোর্ড
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

plinthe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Papan skirting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fußleiste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

幅木
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

굽도리널
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Papan pinggir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gỗ viền chân tường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளைகுடா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्कीटिंग बोर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süpürgelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

battiscopa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

listwa przypodłogowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

плінтус
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bordură
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοβατεπί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vloerlyste
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sockellist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fotlist
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of skirting board

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIRTING BOARD»

The term «skirting board» is regularly used and occupies the 66.675 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SKIRTING BOARD» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SKIRTING BOARD»

Discover the use of skirting board in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to skirting board and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Practical House Building
Figure 1 : Joints for skirting board M NOT TO SCALE M 2 Splay joint 1 6 g First board g Joints: B - butt S - scribed M - mitred * Start opposite doorway - with board (1 ) butt jointed at both ends. * Progress round to doorway in order shown.
Robert Mathews, 1991
2
FCS Construction Carpentry & Roof Work L3
Cut the one end of the skirting board so that it is square. Test whether it fits the wall and then trim it. The skirting board should fit tightly into the wall. You might need to bend the skirting board slightly and then push it into position for a good ...
E. Jardien, F. Parker, N. Wolhuter, 2008
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Carpentry and Joinery: Work Activities
Figure 7.24 Returning a skirting board towards the floor If such a joint is required as shown in Figure 7.25 it is formed by making two accurate parallel 45° cuts using a mitre box. Great care is required for this joint as any in accuracy will be ...
Chris Tooke, 2014
4
Professional Liability and Property Transactions
The inspector traced the dampness along two-thirds of the skirting board but did not lift the carpet next to it or attempt to move a piece of furniture near the end of the skirting board where it joined the wall between the bedroom and a kitchen, ...
Sharon Christensen, W. D. Duncan, Tamara Walsh, 2004
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Carpentry and Joinery 3
8.3.2 Stop ends E E 8.3.3 Lengthening skirting board (heading joints) STAGE 2 Remove the waste portion (Fig. 8.21b and 8.21c). With the exception of the top cut, cuts may be slightly undercut – this will ensure a close-fitting joint. STAGE 3 ...
Brian Porter, Chris Tooke, 2007
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Handbook of Polymer Research
Description of Functional Design of Multijet Extrusion Head Used in Manufacturing Skirting Board from Polymeric Materials While designing a structural arrangement of a multijet high-efficiency extrusion head for manufacturing skirting board ...
Richard a. Pethrick and Gennadiy E. Zaik, 2006
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Physical Chemistry of Low and High Molecular Compounds
1.1 Description of Functional Design of Multijet Extrusion Head Used in Manufacturing Skirting Board from Polymeric Materials While designing a structural arrangment of a multijet high-efficiency extrusion head for manufacturing skirting board ...
Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov, A. A. Danilkevich, 2004
8
Carpentry and Joinery 2
This edition is also now fully updated to align with current Building Regulations and the latest qualifications in Wood Occupations.
Brian Porter, Chris Tooke, 2012
9
Barry's Introduction to Construction of Buildings
Skirting A skirting (or skirting board) is a narrow band of material formed around the base (skirt) of walls at the intersection of the wall and the floor. Usually, the skirting sits proud of the wall surface. It serves to emphasise the junction of vertical ...
Stephen Emmitt, Christopher A. Gorse, 2013
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Flood Damaged Property
The most popular strategy was allowing the skirting board to dry and then replacing damaged sections (37.9%); this was the most cost effective strategy, but it was considered to perform poorly in other respects. Replacing all skirting boards ...
David G. Proverbs, Robby Soetanto, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SKIRTING BOARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term skirting board is used in the context of the following news items.
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The 20 ways your friends judge your home and it only takes 26 …
A comfy sofa and posh coffee are the next best ways to win over your mate, while your shoes should be neatly stacked, your skirting boards clean, and shame on ... «Daily Mail, Apr 15»
2
Something old and new in vintage venture
“Mum says when I was little I was trying to crackle the skirting boards to make them look older.” And now that passion for 'vintage' items and the stories they have ... «Whitby Today, Mar 15»
3
Dragons' Den rejected him - but now he's won a £5 million deal with …
After being knocked back by the Dragons in 2008, he has steadily built a business from scratch, manufacturing an innovative skirting board that doubles as a ... «The Bolton News, Jan 15»
4
Teenager caught brandishing piece of skirting board 'like a baseball …
A teenager caught brandishing a piece of skirting board in the street has been released from custody with an order to do community work. Mohammed Marboosh ... «Gazette Live, Jan 15»
5
Home improvements: how can I get rid of mice?
Q: I was sitting on my bed last night and a mouse crept along the skirting boards. He looked up at me, then ran under my bed. What is the best way to get rid of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 14»
6
Top tips for keeping spiders out of your home
... disturbed by human or pet activity needs to be regularly dusted or vacuumed, too. That's inside wardrobes, along skirting boards, up in the corners of rooms. «The Guardian, Sep 14»
7
Home improvements: repairing and replacing floorboards
Q. I live in a four-bedroom detached house built in 1984. There are damp patches above the skirting board on the outside wall of the sitting room which we have ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
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Tearful woman confronts John Key
We had to move out for a while then we moved back in but they had to remove the skirting boards because the liquefaction had gone in and contaminated the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Aug 14»
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Sculpture Rules: Royal College of Art 2014 Degree Shows Open
The first work that greets you as you enter the Sculpture building is Skirting Board by Vesta Kroese (photo above), which is exactly that: a skirting board that runs ... «ArtLyst, Jun 14»
10
Hallway Lighting Project: Installing the NeoPixel Strips
We decided the new skirting boards would be a good place to mount the LEDs, but how was I to get power to them and control them? Luckily, the hallway ... «EE Times, Jun 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Skirting board [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/skirting-board>. May 2024 ».
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