chalkboard

[ chawk-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun
  1. a blackboard, especially a green or other light-colored one.

Origin of chalkboard

1
An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; chalk + board

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British Dictionary definitions for chalkboard

chalkboard

/ (ˈtʃɔːkˌbɔːd) /


noun
  1. US and Canadian a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching: Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): blackboard

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