chalkboard

noun

chalk·​board ˈchȯk-ˌbȯrd 

: blackboard

Examples of chalkboard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t look to the chalkboard on the wall behind the bar; that’s for the day’s aspirations. — Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

For decades, many of these questions existed mainly on chalkboards and in complex equations. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 June 2026

Visitors will also see the original chalkboard that was used along with displays of shingle making and farm tools. — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching out of Washington. — ABC News, 2 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1816, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for chalkboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword

Kids Definition

chalkboard

noun

chalk·​board ˈchȯk-ˌbō(ə)rd 

-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

: a dark smooth surface (as of slate) used for writing or drawing on with chalk