blackboard

noun

black·​board ˈblak-ˌbȯrd How to pronounce blackboard (audio)
: a hard smooth usually dark surface used especially in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk

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And don't forget all those IT vault combination codes written on the classroom blackboard, showing that Solo was attempting to guess the correct sequence at some previous time, something the real IT's shadow would have already known by heart. Jeff Spry, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2024 Wells glances up at the blackboard menu and orders some tacos with corn tortillas. Meghan Herbst, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024 One part of the TV blackboard is covered with movies and shows about the war years. Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024 The jolly owner, Chiara de Chirico, brought a blackboard with the night’s menu. Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blackboard 

Word History

First Known Use

1739, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blackboard was in 1739

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“Blackboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blackboard. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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blackboard

noun
black·​board ˈblak-ˌbō(ə)rd How to pronounce blackboard (audio)
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

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