# sideboard

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #37,688

## Definitions
1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
2. A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
3. A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
4. A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.

## Etymology
From side + board.

## Easily confused with
- **sidebar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sidebar-vs-sideboard)

## Common misspellings (13)
`isdeboard`, `sdieboard`, `sidbeoard`, `siddeboard`, `sidebaord`, `sidebboard`, `sideboadr`, `sideboardd`, `sideboarrd`, `sideborad`, `sideobard`, `siedboard`, `ssideboard`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sideboard