Definition of headboard
: a board forming the head (as of a bed)
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The bed in the guest room has a headboard covered in a vintage French fabric, and a pillow and coverlet in a Lee Jofa silk.
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The suite is bare save for headboards bolted to the wall, a folding table and a hardline telephone.
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Campbell said the 7-year-old once flew out of the bathroom as if he'd been thrown, and a headboard once smacked into Ammons' daughter, causing a wound that needed stitches.
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From the wallpaper to the headboard, his bedroom was decorated with the youngster’s favorite baseball team: The New York Yankees.
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The white bedding is contrasted with a dark grey headboard, and a sofa in the same color sits at the foot of the bed.
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The headboard in one of the bedrooms and the shutters on the bedroom window are examples of antique wood re-milled for the new space.
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Bedbugs hide behind headboards and mirrors, on carpets and couches.
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In the master bedroom, the custom headboard is in a Holland & Sherry velvet, the nightstand is from the 1970s, and the 1935 leather lamp is by Paul Dupré-Lafon.
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First Known Use of headboard
1701
HEADBOARD Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of headboard for English Language Learners
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: an upright board at the end of a bed where you rest your head
HEADBOARD Defined for Kids
Definition of headboard for Students
: a vertical board at the head of a bed
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