gameboard
- noun
- /ˈɡeɪmˌbɔrd/
- The children gathered around the table, excited to play their favorite game on the gameboard filled with colorful designs.
Examples
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Martin answered these questions dutifully, and soon his mother's conversation would return to the matter at hand—what roll of the dice she was hoping for, or whether she would choose to add another peg to her car on the gameboard's twisting path.
Fiction book (2002) -
Each week, when a new type of gameboard was introduced, the teacher conducted a 10-minute lesson, which provided an introduction to the week's new PALS math concept/procedure and prepared the class to use the week's gameboards.
Academic text (2002) -
Play ended when all the spaces on the gameboard were covered or when neither player could place a tile to make a run of three.
Academic text (1990) -
There were the traditional gameboard and the conventional dice to throw.
Fiction book (2000) -
The Middle East was one of many gameboards upon which the bipolar competition was carried out.
Academic text (1995) -
Gameboards, each of which was used for one PALS session, displayed two symbols.
Academic text (2002) -
It had a photo of the Mumbai cityscape and a "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" gameboard.
Blog text (22) -
The gameboard was designed using a 3 to 12 by 3 to 12 matrix, drawing in the vertical and horizontal lines between the numbers, producing a chart of boxes on a 30 cm by 30 cm colored bristol board.
Academic text (1990) -
Each week, when a new type of gameboard was introduced, the teacher conducted a 10-minute lesson, which provided an introduction to the week's new PALS math concept/procedure and prepared the class to use the week's gameboards.
Academic text (2002) -
Before starting the match, they carefully set up the pieces on the gameboard, ensuring everything was in its proper place.
Synonyms
A flat rectangular surface used to play games with pieces
A square board with 64 light and dark squares used to play chess
A board divided into 64 squares of two colors for playing chess or checkers
A square board with properties and spaces used to play Monopoly
A flat square board with a 19x19 grid used to play Go
A board with holes and pegs used to keep score in the card game cribbage
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gameboard is made of two simple words, game and board, and board means a 'flat surface' you can put things on. Think of players sitting around that flat 'board' with squares or tracks for pieces to move on. So, a gameboard is the flat surface with spaces or tracks where you play a board game.