control board
3
4.1
- noun
- /kənˈtroʊl bɔrd/
- Informal
:
panel de control
- The engineer studied the layout of the control board to ensure everything was functioning correctly.
- financial control board
- water control board
- Control Board member
Examples
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His dark up-tilted eyes scanned his control board.
Fiction book (1992) -
Illimar stepped to the control board and pushed some buttons.
Fiction book (1993) -
I mean, you should see our control board here.
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The oven heating elements being bad would not cause the control board to act this way.
Blog text (1) -
Make sure all of the connections to the control board are good and look for any burned or broken wires.
Blog text (1) -
"To me, it looks like the control board for a lunar shuttle," he replied.
Fiction book (1995) -
Then he points to the control board, which features two joysticks and a large RED BUTTON labeled "ESCAPE."
Fiction book (1993) -
Francis Krake was at one of the control boards, looking irritated but determined.
Fiction book (1991) -
Pancho had strapped herself into the command pilot's chair, busily working both hands across the control board.
Fiction book (2001) -
The instruments before him were the veritable control-board toggles and dials of an authentic waveship.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
322
3.6
A flat piece of material that forms part of a larger surface like in clothes or umbrellas
167
5.4
A flat panel inside electronic devices that holds small parts
27
6.8
A panel where people connect telephone calls by hand
19
3.4
A flat board with switches and dials that people use to run and check machines
5
3.9
A flat panel with dials and lights that shows condition and helps control a vehicle or machine
How Complex
- Specialized
63
3.4
- Specialized
151
6.5
- Informal
3
4.1
- Specialized
19
3.4
- Specialized
233
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'control' (mechanism to adjust functions) + 'board' (panel) yields a panel used for controlling and monitoring equipment. This simple noun–noun compound follows common English and cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Control board comes from a simple, helpful picture: a flat board covered with switches, dials and lights that someone uses to control a machine. That's why the term means 'a panel used to operate and watch electrical equipment'.