blackboard

noun

black·​board ˈblak-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce blackboard (audio)
: a hard smooth usually dark surface used especially in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk

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Or order dishes from their blackboard menus—including prego do lombo, loin steak sandwich, or xerem de raia—skate with corn kernels. Tom Mullen, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 Some were installed as blackboards in their original locations, others fashioned into writable walls for faculty and students. Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025 The teacher always made her kneel on chickpeas behind the blackboard. Literary Hub, 2 July 2025 To think, this season began with images of a zero on the blackboard and the blank space on the wall in the school gym, as Accomando, who pitched for UConn, and played a season of minor league baseball, drove home the point that Glastonbury has never won a state championship in baseball. Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for blackboard

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blackboard was in 1739

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“Blackboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackboard. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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blackboard

noun
black·​board ˈblak-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce blackboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

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