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knifeboard.

A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A board on which knives are cleaned or polished.

  2. A way of arranging benches back to back, resembling a knifeboard; common on the open upper deck of early double-deck omnibuses and trams.

    attributive · historical
  3. An early bus with narrow, restrictive seating; a knifeboard bus.

    broadly · historical
Where this word comes from

From knife + board.

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