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blackboard

[ blak-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a sheet of smooth, hard material, especially dark slate, used in schools, lecture rooms, etc., for writing or drawing on with chalk.


blackboard

/ ˈblækˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of blackboard1

First recorded in 1815–25; black + board

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Example Sentences

Others cheated by taking crib sheets to the blackboard with them, concealing them from Jackson but not from the other students.

There could be no more fitting companion for the Acadian chicken stew entree inscribed on a blackboard in the dining room.

Notes were scrawled on a large white board, and “The Internet Association” was written in chalk on a blackboard.

When gazpacho is on the blackboard menu at lunch, it's a must.

In this clip, she heads to the blackboard and does her magic.

Men of good taste, as well as those having tact and ingenuity, can and do use the blackboard with power in various ways.

When indisposed to lecture, they simply posted upon the blackboard: "Hodie non legitur," and this was the end of the matter.

The blackboard should be wiped with a damp cloth, in order to prevent the chalk from vitiating the air.

He drew five lines on the blackboard, and made eight dots that looked as 57though they were going upstairs on the lines.

When we came in from afternoon recess, there was the Sign, as big as life, drawn with chalk on the blackboard.

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