chalkboard

[ chawk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

chalkboard

/ ˈtʃɔːkˌbɔːd /

a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)blackboard

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; chalk + board

A Belgian church has a chalkboard sitting at the pulpit with the jungle peeking through the windows behind it.

Then they stood in front of the chalkboard, smug and self-satisfied.

“We have classes here,” she adds, pointing to a chalkboard behind her.

Especially when the one you love has a voice like nails on a helium-soaked chalkboard.

They were painted as quickly as possible, in front of their subjects – a tombstone and a chalkboard.

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