| ABRADABLE | • abradable adj. That may be abraded. • ABRADABLE adj. capable of being abraded (worn away by friction). |
| BACKBOARD | • backboard n. (Basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. • backboard n. (Tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice… • backboard n. (Medicine) A spine board. |
| BAKEBOARD | • bakeboard n. (Now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread. • BAKEBOARD n. (Scots) a board for kneading dough on. |
| BANDBRAKE | • BANDBRAKE n. a brake or clutch in the form of a flexible band. |
| BARNBOARD | • barnboard n. Antique board recovered from old barns, used in construction and the making of furniture. • BARNBOARD n. wide softwood boards that have not been planed, used especially for building barns. |
| BASEBOARD | • baseboard n. (US, finish carpentry, interior decorating) A panel or molding between the floor and the interior wall of a structure. • baseboard n. (US) A similar panel at the base of a piece of furniture or equipment. • BASEBOARD n. a board which forms a base for something; a skirting-board. |
| BOARDABLE | • boardable adj. Suitable for boarding. • boardable adj. Suitable for snowboarding. • BOARDABLE adj. that can be boarded. |
| BOSBERAAD | • bosberaad n. (South Africa) A bush meeting; a strategy meeting held outdoors, for example in a game reserve. • BOSBERAAD n. (South African) a meeting in an isolated venue to break a political deadlock. |
| BROADBAND | • broadband adj. (Telecommunications) Of, pertaining to, or carrying a wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Telecommunications) A wide band of electromagnetic frequencies. • broadband n. (Internet) An internet connection provisioned over an existing service using alternate signal frequencies… |
| BROADBEAN | • broadbean n. Alternative form of broad bean. • broad␣bean n. An edible bean that has broad seeds, Vicia faba. • BROADBEAN n. a leguminous vegetable. |
| GRANDBABY | • grandbaby n. (Informal) A young grandchild. • GRANDBABY n. an infant grandchild. |
| SCABBARDS | • scabbards n. Plural of scabbard. • scabbards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scabbard. • SCABBARD v. to sheathe, as a sword. |