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beadboard en · NOUN

Etymology

From bead + board.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) Wooden boards with a bead or ridge running their length used for paneling walls or ceilings.
   • The aesthetic of the house is prim and country, with white beadboard knee walls around the first floor and pale flowered wallpaper in the Shaker-style kitchen. 2009 July 3, Lisa A. Phillips, “A Jazz Voice Finds a Mellower Range”, in New York Times:
2. (uncountable, usually) A construction material made from "beads" of expanded polystyrene compressed together.

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