bulletin board
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈbʊlɪtɪn bɔrd/
- US
:
tablón de anuncios
- Please post your announcements on the bulletin board in the staff room.
- bulletin board display
- bulletin board posters
- school bulletin board
Now as they're leaving the the art studio, they see a bulletin board and they see something strange.
- Now as they're leaving the the art studio, they see a bulletin board and they see something strange.
- Would you post this on your bulletin board and maybe some of your residents would like to participate?
Examples
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One morning in early January, she read a notice on the bulletin board just outside the cafeteria.
Fiction book (1997) -
The interviewer posted participant recruitment information on bulletin boards and the internet on campus.
Academic text (2011) -
Did you check the company bulletin board today?
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This one goes on the bulletin board at work.
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You could put a note on my bulletin board.
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I am going to put this list on your bulletin board.
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Would you post this on your bulletin board and maybe some of your residents would like to participate?
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You saw the memo on my bulletin board?
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She'd hang a sign on the church bulletin board.
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Another teacher required music education majors to create a bulletin board for which they earned a grade.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A flat surface where people put notices and information
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2.1
A board on a wall where people pin public messages and announcements
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3.2
A board that shows information or holds items for people to see
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3.2
A notice board or paper that shows news and announcements about local events
How Interactive
- Texting
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3.2
- Texting
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3.2
- Texting
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3.7
- US
19
2.5
- UK
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2.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: a 'bulletin board' is literally a board where bulletins (brief notices or reports) are posted, so a learner who knows 'bulletin' and 'board' can infer this function. The metaphorical extension to digital/online message boards follows the same logic and is cross-linguistically common, so the meaning is immediately predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bulletin board comes from the simple image of a board where people pin paper bulletins or notices for everyone to see, like at a school or community center. That's why it means 'a place for public notices'.