"draining board" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: draining boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} draining board (plural draining boards)
  1. A board beside a kitchen sink, designed to drain into the sink, used for letting kitchen utensils dry after they had been washed. Synonyms: drainboard, drainer Related terms: dish rack, drying rack, dish drainer Translations (board beside a kitchen sink for draining kitchen utensils): сушилник (sušilnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), отцедник (otcednik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), escorreplats [masculine] (Catalan), odkapávač [masculine] (Czech), égouttoir [masculine] (French), êgoutteux [masculine] (Norman), ociekacz [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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