armor vs washboard

armor

noun
  • Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. 

  • A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. 

  • A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle. 

  • A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting vehicles, collectively. 

  • A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. 

  • The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed of a waterway or beach and provide protection against erosion. 

verb
  • To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening. 

  • To provide something with an analogous form of protection. 

washboard

noun
  • A board fastened along a ship's gunwale to prevent splashing; a splashboard. 

  • A stretch of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road caused by interaction between traffic and road surface. 

  • Such a board used as a simple percussion instrument. 

  • A board with a corrugated surface against which laundry may be rubbed. 

verb
  • To play a washboard. 

  • To move up and down or back and forth across the surface of a hive, possibly to lay down a layer of propolis and wax. 

  • To produce a rippled texture on a surface. 

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