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clipboard

clipboard

33 2.3
A small flat board with a clip that holds papers for writing or reading
  • noun
  • /ˈklɪpˌbɔrd/
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  • The teacher wrote feedback on the student's work while holding a clipboard.
  • paper on a clipboard
  • hold the clipboard
  • use a clipboard

And at one point live, I heard the clipboard drop.

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Examples

  • The sheet was attached to a clipboard that the teachers carried with them during the activity.

    Academic text (2014)
  • A private nurse, in white, stands marking a clipboard chart as Crawford enters his tidy bedroom.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Standing there with a clipboard in his hand.

  • Tell your name to the man with the clipboard.

  • One of the nurses hands him a clipboard with some papers on it.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Just before dark, two men entered my room with clipboards in their hands.

    Academic text (2007)
  • For manuscripts, I used a clipboard that held lined white pads.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Regan rushed up to a woman with a clipboard who was supervising the activity.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • During the event, the organizer carried a clipboard filled with schedules and participant information.

  • She took notes on the clipboard as she interviewed the candidates for the job.

Synonyms

writing board
vsclipboard
2.6

A flat light board you hold on your lap to write on when you have no desk

has a top clip to secure pages while writing or reading
lapboard
vsclipboard
5.8

A flat board placed on the knees to write or work on

has a top clip to secure pages while writing or reading

How Secure

binder
31 2.3
folder
156 1.0
clipboard
33 2.3
paperclip
6 1.0

Surface Forms

clipboard singular
clipboards plural

Morphology

clipboard = clip + board (transparent) = clip + board

Literal compound: a board with a clip at the top, so the meaning follows directly from 'clip' + 'board'.

Etymology

Clipboard comes from two simple words: clip ('a small clamp') and board ('a flat piece of wood'). So a clipboard is a 'board' with a 'clip' that holds papers steady for writing.