draining board


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draining board

n
(Furniture) a sloping grooved surface at the side of a sink, used for draining washed dishes, etc. Also called: drainer
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.draining board - a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink
board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
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Translations
odkapávač na nádobí
opvaskebord
kuivausteline
daska za cijeđenje
水切り板
식기 건조대
avrinningsyta
กระดานที่ใช้วางเครื่องใช้ในครัวให้แห้ง
tấm thoát nước

draining board

[ˈdreɪnɪŋˌbɔːd] Nescurridero m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

draining board

[ˈdreɪnɪŋˌbɔːd] drain£board (Am) [ˈdreɪnbɔːd] npiano del lavello
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

draining board

لَوْحَةٌ لِتَصْريفِ الماء odkapávač na nádobí opvaskebord Abtropfbrett πιατοθήκη στραγγίσματος escurridero, escurridor kuivausteline égouttoir daska za cijeđenje scolapiatti 水切り板 식기 건조대 afdruiprek tørkebrett ociekacz escorredor de pratos сушилка для посуды avrinningsyta กระดานที่ใช้วางเครื่องใช้ในครัวให้แห้ง damlalıklı eviye tấm thoát nước 滴水板
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References in periodicals archive ?
Rachel Cleaver said the vibrations have cracked tiles inside her home and caused dishes to fall off the draining board, but she can't move until the problems are fixed.
The electric tooth brush had switched itself on and the vibrations had been amplified by the draining board, plates left to dry and washing machine beneath.
Please use floor below." In an office: "After tea break, staff should empty the teapot and stand upside down on the draining board." In a department store: "Bargain basement upstairs." In a Laundromat: "Automatic washing machines, please remove all of your clothes when the light goes out."
"He picked up two small black handled kitchen knives from the draining board.
It was her birthday, and Pigeon's mam had put on such a beautiful dress, and, in the dress, she was spinning and spinning in the kitchen, so that the pretty flowers on the dress streaked through the air, and a dish was knocked off the draining board by the spinning flowers on the dress.
The ground floor also has a family/play room, which leads to the large utility room with plenty of wall and floor cupboard and drawer space, sink and draining board. plumbing for a washing machine, and a guest wc.
He told how he made a dash for the back door and grabbed a knife off the draining board. Asked why, he said: "In fear.
There were also three bags of frozen chicken defrosting on a draining board by the main sink, adjacent to the cooking range and a work surface where readyto-eat food was handled.
Environmental health officers found a catalogue of failures at the New Garden in Aberkenfig, Bridgend including: chicken satay being |drained in a colander on top of an open drain on the kitchen floor bowls of raw meat on |the draining board used to polish cutlery and food on the floor of the chiller; cooked rice, raw beef |and dirty dishes being stored in the same container, which had not been effectively cleaned between uses; and large quantities of dirty crockery left unwashed from the night before.
After the case, Mrs Dyson said: "The post and papers were neatly stacked in a pile, there were plates on the draining board and he had made himself dinner.
"He hit her head off a draining board and she lost her balance and fell to the floor.