dart board
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2.1
- noun
- /dɑrt bɔrd/
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- After dinner, we played darts and took turns throwing at the dart board.
- a new dart board
- a dart board table
I was just trying to throw as many darts at the dart board hoping that one would eventually stick.
- I was just trying to throw as many darts at the dart board hoping that one would eventually stick.
- You can turn their profile picture into a dart board and throw darts at it.
- The spare room is a game room at the appeal table, a computer, a dart board, etcetera.
Examples
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True, the crowd around the dart board stood closer than in a typical British pub, and Alex had gotten lost during his last two trips to the loo.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was just trying to throw as many darts at the dart board, hoping that one would eventually stick.
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OK, This thing looks like a dart board, right?
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Mum and Dad have put a dart board up only for one night.
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I was just trying to throw as many darts at the dart board hoping that one would eventually stick.
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The spare room is a game room at the appeal table, a computer, a dart board, etcetera.
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"The two restrooms were side by side near the front door, the entry to the bar, and convenient to the pool tables and dart boards.
Fiction book (1993) -
The shelves that Lester tore through earlier have been dismantled, leaving a blank wall on which now hangs a dart board.
Fiction book (1999) -
We gathered around the dart board to begin our friendly competition.
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He hung the dart board on the wall so everyone could join the game.
Synonyms
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2.8
A round board used as the target in the game of darts
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a board used as the target in darts' is directly and compositionally derived from 'dart' (the projectile) + 'board' (a flat surface), indicating a board for darts. This noun‑noun compound follows a regular English formation and is cross‑linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Dart board comes from the simple idea of the game: people throw small pointed pieces called darts at a round board. So the name literally describes the 'target', which is why it means the circular board used in the game of darts.