bulletin board

noun

1

: a board for posting notices (as at a school or workplace)

2

: a public online forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board

The aptly-named contributors to Reddit, the online bulletin board and social sharing platform, got "first dibs" at company shares when Reddit made its IPO …

—Laura Rodini

Examples of bulletin board in a Sentence

Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.

Recent Examples on the Web

What does that gas station bulletin board say? —Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025

On Sunday, though, Denver’s head coach was outmaneuvered on the bulletin board. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025

Boy Scout Parker Kaltsas builds a new community bulletin board at La Jolla’s Starkey Park for his Eagle Scout project with help from volunteers who maintain the nearby La Jolla Bike Path year-round. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025

However, LaFleur might have been trying to avoid putting up bulletin board material of his own. —Jordan Sigler, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bulletin board

• particleboard
• phonorecord
• underinsured
• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard

Kids Definition

bulletin board

noun

1

: a board for posting notices (as at a school)

2

: a place on a computer network (as the Internet) where people can leave or read public messages