piece of dining room furniture in which table linens and tableware are stored; piece which forms the side of something
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Sideboard Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
A low wide chest of drawers and compartments used in a dining room. Generally starting with the Federal period. In the Victorian period, they often had large mirrors and shelves on top.
Sideboard Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutA piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
sideboard
\side"board`\ (?), n. a piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service. at a stately sideboard, by the wine, that fragrant smell diffused.
sideboard
n
1. a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
2. a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
3. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter]
Meaning
Misheard lyric.
Origin
Misheard version of 'Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me', from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. [ed] Some mondegreens are invented rather than misheard. I know this one is genuine because for years I heard it that way myself. I don't know why it never occurred to me that it made no sense. Hearing the song again recently I still like the sideboard version.
© 2004 The Phrase Finder. Take a look at Phrase Finder’s sister site, the Phrases Thesaurus, a subscription service for professional writers & language lovers.Misheard lyric.
Origin
Misheard version of 'Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me', from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody. [ed] Some mondegreens are invented rather than misheard. I know this one is genuine because for years I heard it that way myself. I don't know why it never occurred to me that it made no sense. Hearing the song again recently I still like the sideboard version.
Noun
1. a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
(hypernym) board
2. a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
(hypernym) board
3. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
(synonym) buffet, counter
(hypernym) furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture
(hyponym) credenza, credence
(part-meronym) drawer
Sideboard Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
- Sideboard is also a colloquial word for sideburns.
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