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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.
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Working with community volunteers who help maintain the nearby La Jolla Bike Path, Parker made and installed a new bulletin board in front of Starkey Park on Draper Avenue. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Nov. 2025 Perhaps Green's claim will give both teams some bulletin board material for those matchups. Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025 It was further built out with the addition of concrete picnic tables, toolsheds, a greenhouse and even a new bulletin board. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025 Given everything going on this week -- the Broncos returning from London, the celebration of the 2015 Super Bowl team and Demaryius Thomas, and the surprising run of bulletin board material supplied by the standout pass-rushers from both teams -- Wilson wasn't even an afterthought. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bulletin board

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bulletin board was in 1827

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“Bulletin board.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulletin%20board. Accessed 28 Nov. 2025.

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

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