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How to pronounce baseboard in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms mopboard, skirting board
Type of molding, moulding

Examples of baseboard

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The baseboard radiators are more difficult to handle, but certainly worth doing.
From the dailyherald.com
There is no baseboard in the house, and you have polished concrete on the floor.
From the sfgate.com
Q.The metal covers of my bathroom baseboard radiators, are getting pretty rusty.
From the boston.com
Once they got it all completely done with the baseboard, it looked much better.
From the stltoday.com
Then it's time to hang the drywall, tape and texture, and reinstall baseboard.
From the sfgate.com
Also, the paint on the baseboard in the entry hall has started to peel and bubble.
From the sfgate.com
Winter may be higher becaues I have individual baseboard heat in separate bedrooms.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cut your lengths of baseboard in accordance with the plans that you've made.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Since we had to redo the heating system, we installed new baseboard heating.
From the jsonline.com
More examples
  • A molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
  • In architecture, a baseboard (also called skirting board, skirting, mopboard, floor molding, as well as base molding) is a (generally wooden) board, covering the lowest part of an interior wall. Its purpose is to cover the joint between the wall surface (usually plaster or drywall) and the floor.
  • Baseboards run along the wall at the floor. Baseboards should be chosen to work in harmony with your casings to finish and tie the room together. Baseboards are usually thinner than the casing.
  • Usually wood or vinyl installed around the perimeter of a room to cover the space where the wall and floor meet. A board placed against the wall around a room next to the floor to properly finish between the floor and the plaster.
  • Any board or molding found at the bottom of an interior wall.
  • A board along the floor against walls and partitions to hid gaps.
  • Finish trim where the floor and walls meet.
  • The ground, base, or panel on or in which the marquetry or inlay is set. If you have a choice, best go for top-quality, white-faced multicore plywood, in which case the rule of thumb is: the larger the panel, the thicker the ply.
  • The structure on which to build a model railway layout.