headboard

noun

head·​board ˈhed-ˌbȯrd 

: a board forming the head (as of a bed)

Examples of headboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Before Gould arrived, Gates’s team spent the day installing — making sure every bedspread, headboard, desk arrangement, lamp and, of course, the umbrella were perfectly in place. — Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Deluxe Rooms have white and cream linens and leather headboards. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Aug. 2026

Zervudachi has made the rooms as airy as a coastal breeze, with soft linen couches, rattan accents, upholstered headboards, and white-and-brown striped wooden floors, a little dramatic framing for your feet. — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2026

Primary Bedroom The mingling of prints and colors continues into the primary suite, where Jenny covered a custom headboard in Serena Dugan’s Capretto Outdoor Fabric in Flame/Fuchsia and hung a piece from local artist Whitney Stoddard. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1701, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for headboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword

Kids Definition

headboard

noun

head·​board -ˌbō(ə)rd 

-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

: a board forming the head (as of a bed)