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blackboard

blackboard

34 1.0
A large dark surface in a classroom that teachers write on with chalk
  • noun
  • /ˈblækˌbɔrd/
translation icon : pizarra
  • Small group of children around a blackboard with a teacher, Margareta, doing numbers.
  • write on the blackboard
  • chalk on a blackboard
  • read the blackboard

That's just a thing which I have drawn on the blackboard, on the flat blackboard.

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Examples

  • I could see the chalked words on the blackboard: Early Cities: Athens, Rome.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Use easels, pads, sticky notes, blackboards, or whatever is available to get those ideas captured.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The physics teacher went to the blackboard and said, your honor, my car was moving toward yellow light.

  • Who put that sign up on the blackboard?

  • A list of events from each class was placed on the blackboard from the class discussions.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I want you to copy these equations off the blackboard.

  • Sometimes a sketch was drawn on the blackboard, explained by the teacher, and then erased.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I stayed after school on a Friday to help her wash the blackboards and pound erasers.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The teacher wrote the math problem on the blackboard for the students to copy.

  • During the art lesson, she used the blackboard to demonstrate the new technique.

Synonyms

board
vsblackboard
259 1.0

A flat surface where people put notices and information

is a specific dark classroom writing surface not a general display panel
chalkboard
vsblackboard
  • US
22 1.6

A large dark board used for writing with chalk in classrooms

is the same surface but is the older or alternate name
whiteboard
vsblackboard
19 2.0

A smooth white board for writing or drawing with markers you can erase

is a dark chalk surface rather than a light marker surface
lightboard
vsblackboard
  • Specialized
6.9

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

is an opaque classroom chalk surface used while facing away from audience

Compounds

A soft pad used to remove chalk marks from a blackboard

How Portable

tablet
286 2.7
notebook
187 1.0
slate
  • Archaic
25 9.9
blackboard
34 1.0

Surface Forms

blackboard singular
blackboards plural

Morphology

blackboard = black + board (transparent) = black + board

The meaning is directly the compound 'black' + 'board' (a board that is black), which is straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word blackboard is just the two words black and board put together; it first meant a flat, dark board, often made of slate, that teachers wrote on with chalk. So today a blackboard is a large, flat, dark surface in a classroom that you write on and erase.