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dartboard

dartboard

7 2.8
A round board used as the target in the game of darts
  • noun
  • /ˈdɑrtˌbɔrd/
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  • The players gathered around the dartboard to see who could score the highest.
  • hit the dartboard
  • miss the dartboard
  • darts at a dartboard

In fact, I didn't read any reviews because once again, I was too busy throwing darts at the dartboard all the while facing my fears.

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Examples

  • They actually got a dartboard for Christmas from their aunt.

  • On the wall opposite the toilet is a well-used dartboard with pictures of the Queen Mother and Colonel Sanders.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Dan took a $13 electronic dartboard and made it work with an Android device.

    Blog text (17)
  • Up at the top there's a dartboard.

  • She used to have a dartboard.

  • I saw the dartboard leaning uselessly against the floor wall.

    Blog text (13)
  • He glanced up at the dartboard on the wall around his desk.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Then he threw a dart at the dartboard, and wherever it landed, that was the medication I would take.

    Blog text (9)
  • One of the two dartboards I acquired in Delft was already here, waiting to be hung in just the right spot.

    Blog text (13)
  • You and Jesse drink four shots in four minutes, and if you can get closer to the bull's-eye on that dartboard, then we drink for free and you get your Polaroid on the wall.

Synonyms

dart board
vsdartboard
3 2.1

A circular board that players throw darts at to score points

has identical meaning but is written as one unspaced word

Surface Forms

dartboard singular
dartboards plural

Morphology

dartboard = dart + board (transparent) = dart + board

A straightforward compound whose meaning is directly the board used as a target for darts.

Etymology

Dartboard combines dart, which means 'a small spear or arrow you throw', and board, which means 'a flat piece of wood'. So, a dartboard is the wooden target you throw darts at.