"running board" meaning in English

See running board in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: running boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} running board (plural running boards)
  1. A narrow board serving as a step beneath the doors of some cars.
    Sense id: en-running_board-en-noun-cgliJzQi
  2. (rail transport) A narrow footway above the driving wheels of some steam locomotives, and along the sides of some diesel locomotives. Categories (topical): Rail transportation, Automotive Translations (step under the car door): marxapeu [masculine] (Catalan), 跑板 (pǎobǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), astinlauta (Finnish), marchepied [masculine] (French), საფეხური (sapexuri) (Georgian), Trittbrett [neuter] (German), 踏み板 (fumiita) (alt: ふみいた) (Japanese), 踏み段 (fumidan) (alt: ふみだん) (Japanese), ステップ (suteppu) (Japanese), stopień [masculine] (Polish), estribo [masculine] (Portuguese), подно́жка (podnóžka) [feminine] (Russian), ступе́нька (stupénʹka) [feminine] (Russian), ногоступ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nogostup [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), estribo (Spanish), marşpiye (Turkish), підні́жка (pidnížka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), схо́динка (sxódynka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-running_board-en-noun-ZlOkYGdc Disambiguation of Automotive: 7 93 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 24 76 Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport Disambiguation of 'step under the car door': 25 75

Inflected forms

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