corkboard
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Definition of corkboard
: a heat-insulating material made of compressed granulated cork also : a bulletin board made with this material
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There is a small corkboard next to his bed that his stepdad has Blu-tacked to the wall, covered in a mosaic of photographs of him with his friends, every single one of them smiling. — Longreads, "Somewhere Under My Left Ribs: A Nurse’s Story," 31 May 2018 Pinchbeck’s ancient corkboard is on the far wall (an homage to the legendary NFL broadcast/schedule czar in the Rozelle era) behind Carey’s desk. — Peter King, SI.com, "NFL Schedule Release: Inside the Process That Gave Us the 2018 256-Game Slate," 19 Apr. 2018 Above one table at Judy’s Place is a corkboard tacked with stories about Patrick Marleau. — Mike Guersch, The Mercury News, "Tracing San Jose Sharks’ Patrick Marleau’s humble roots," 24 Jan. 2017 Anyone following the Trump-Russia saga in the last few days would probably have noticed their mental corkboards getting a bit crowded with strange new faces. — Simon Shuster, Time, "Everything to Know About the Russians in Donald Trump Jr.'s Emails," 13 May 2016 There’s also a corkboard with names of characters, and a few with pending ideas, currently in limbo. — Rob Tannenbaum, WIRED, "Vince Gilligan Gives Us a Glimpse of Where Better Call Saul Is Headed," 5 Feb. 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'corkboard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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