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

On that bulletin board, four days before the first S.N.L. show of the new season, Ebersol has blocked out the program by segments. —Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024

Signs and bulletin boards announce limitless options for entertainment, shopping, fitness, tennis, golf, shuffleboard—every kind of amenity. —Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024

In the world of outdoor gear, where company stickers are handed out by the bucketful and crowd vehicles, trailhead bulletin boards, and Nalgene bottles, having a sticker would hardly seem like a cult-worthy factor. —M. John Fayhee, Outside Online, 28 Nov. 2024

But that’s something to stick on the bulletin board, at least. —Andrew Baggarly, The Athletic, 15 July 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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