circuit board

noun

: board sense 4

Examples of circuit board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In reality, antennas come in all shapes and sizes, from round parabolic dishes to conductive patterns printed onto circuit boards. — New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026

Can, say, a circuit board that’s essential to one nuke survive the detonation of another, nearby nuke? — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026

In 2025, industry group Green Power Denmark detected hidden communication channels in some circuit boards bound for installation on power inverters. — IEEE Spectrum, 19 Oct. 2026

In 2011, when many people still carried around flip phones, Ternus and five other engineers filed a patent application for foldable electronic devices, exploring what kind of batteries and circuit boards might be needed for such an idea. — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for circuit board

• checkerboard
• clavichord
• fiberboard
• fibreboard
• fingerboard
• harpsichord
• motherboard
• notochord
• overboard
• overlord
• paperboard
• plasterboard