dartboard

noun

dart·​board ˈdärt-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce dartboard (audio)
: a usually circular board (as of compressed bristles) used as a target in the game of darts

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The collection features pants, jackets, t-shirts, shorts, hats, bookends, a dartboard, soccer ball, gaming pad and more. Katie Bain, Billboard, 23 July 2025 Three dartboards are set up inside and, because this is Wisconsin, a pull-tab machine is prominently displayed right by the bar. Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 14 July 2025 What does your candidate dartboard look like for the athletic director vacancies at Cal and Stanford? — Pat S There is no dartboard for Cal. Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 20 June 2025 In an upstairs players’ lounge, two of his team-mates are gathered around a dartboard, laughing. Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for dartboard

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dartboard was in 1853

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“Dartboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dartboard. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.

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