bulletin board

noun

1

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

2

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

… a personal computer, a modem, and a telephone line are all you need to run your own bulletin board …

—John Seabrook

Computer bulletin board services offer up the glories of e-mail, the thought provocation of news-groups, the sharing of ideas implicit in public posting, and the interaction of real-time chats. The fabulous, wonderful, limitless world of communication is just waiting for you to log on.

—M. Kadi

Examples of bulletin board in a Sentence

Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.

Recent Examples on the Web

Kansas players have done their job of not providing any bulletin board material for the game. —Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025

Both coaches and players have been respectful of the other team all week, careful not to produce any bulletin board material. —Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025

So give yourself permission to add a pop of color to your workspace, hang a bulletin board on the wall for big-picture planning, or finally upgrade to a standing desk. —Mia Huelsbeck, People.com, 16 Aug. 2025

To say that Hurts has bulletin board material for next year would be an understatement. —Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 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