baseboard
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- n a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
- In his first scene in The Sting, Newman is discovered lying drunk and unshaven, with his nose mashed against the baseboard of a crummy bathroom.
- Their works often run from baseboard to ceiling and as wide as 18 ft.
- A fire started in a bedroom wall plug, ran along a baseboard, up the draperies of a dressing table, ruined a rug and a few fine feathers.