blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbȯrd 
: 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.
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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
File photo of a blackboard in a schoolhouse at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
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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
File photo of a blackboard in a schoolhouse at the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for blackboard
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“Blackboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackboard. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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blackboard
noun
black·board
ˈblak-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
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