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🧑‍🏫 A writing board 🧑‍🏫 To plan visually
whiteboard

whiteboard

19 2.0
A smooth white board for writing or drawing with markers you can erase
  • noun
  • /ˈwaɪtˌbɔrd/
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  • I like how you can easily erase mistakes on the whiteboard and start over.
  • interactive whiteboard
  • electronic whiteboard
  • whiteboard camera

What did you write on your whiteboard all this morning?

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Examples

  • Reardon's work demonstrates the full power of an interactive whiteboard when it's in the hands of an expert user.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Mr. Davis, the paraprofessional, reads the text projected on the interactive whiteboard aloud to the students.

    Academic text (2013)

  • What did you write on your whiteboard all this morning?

    Good Mythical Morning

  • We had a whiteboard at our school, so wow, we were lucky.

  • So she would stop by after her last hour, clean off the whiteboard and write up the new message for me.

  • Students respond to questions by writing an answer on the whiteboard and then holding it up for view.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Evaluation: The teacher wrote five new words on the whiteboard and explained the assignment.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Dr. Mary went to the whiteboard and erased the sequence of listed events.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The vegetable seller erased the last word, making the whiteboard clean and empty.

  • Most platforms have the capability for real-time presentations using voice, whiteboard, and other tools.

    Academic text (2014)

Synonyms

board
vswhiteboard
259 1.0

A flat surface where people put notices and information

serves as a writable erasable collaborative surface for marker use rather than fixed displays
blackboard
vswhiteboard
34 1.0

A large dark surface in a classroom that teachers write on with chalk

uses markers on a light erasable surface instead of slate and chalk
chalkboard
vswhiteboard
  • US
22 1.6

A large dark board used for writing with chalk in classrooms

uses markers on a light erasable surface for writing and quick reuse
lightboard
vswhiteboard
  • Specialized
6.9

A clear surface lit from the edges for writing while facing an audience or camera

is used for collaborative marker work facing the usual viewers not cameras

Antonyms

blackboard
34 1.0

A large dark surface in a classroom that teachers write on with chalk

How Erasable

whiteboard
19 2.0
chalkboard
  • US
22 1.6

Surface Forms

whiteboard singular
whiteboards plural

Morphology

whiteboard = white + board (transparent) = white + board

A literal compound where 'white' describes the 'board'; the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Whiteboard is a simple compound of white and board, meaning a 'white' writing 'board' that replaced the old 'blackboard' used with chalk. So, a whiteboard is a smooth, white surface you can write on and easily erase, which is why teachers and teams use it to show ideas.