chalk·board

[chawk-bawrd, -bohrd]
noun
a blackboard, especially a green or other light-colored one.

Origin:
1935–40, Americanism; chalk + board

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chalkboard (ˈtʃɔːkˌbɔːd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
(US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): blackboard a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching

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Chalkboard is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Word Origin & History

chalkboard
from chalk + board.
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Example sentences
The rustic interior includes painted white brick walls, framed mirrors and
  chalkboard menus.
Out went the stalwarts of traditional math: the rote memorization drills, the
  droning chalkboard lectures.
Have a recorder for each team write notes on the chalkboard of the points
  raised by his or her side.
Thistle lists its ever-changing menu on a chalkboard, along with the names of
  its purveyors.
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