whiteboard

American  

[hwahyt-bawrd, -bohrd, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

• whiteboards
  plural

1. a smooth, glossy sheet of white plastic that can be written on with a colored pen or marker in the manner of a blackboard.

2. Also called interactive whiteboard. Computers. an interactive display screen that is connected to a computer and allows for viewing, input, and collaboration by multiple users.

   A whiteboard can enhance classroom instruction.

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whiteboard British  

/ ˈwaɪtˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a shiny white surface that can be wiped clean after being used for writing or drawing on, used esp in teaching

2. a large screen used to project computer images to a group of people

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• whiteboards
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of whiteboard

First recorded in 1980–85

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Example Sentences

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whiteboard whiteboards

Ponce added a whiteboard at the intersection keeping count of how many days had passed since the previous crash.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

There are even plans for a 10th album taking shape on a whiteboard in the corner of the studio.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

Hamawy led me through the polished medical half of the office to a room around the corner with a conference table and a messy whiteboard with leftover green-marker notes from the primary.

From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2026

That was when Lee Ellen Drechsler, a top R&D executive, stood at a whiteboard with two of the company’s most accomplished scientists: paper-towel pioneer Paul Trokhan and dish-soap innovator Mark Sivik.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Joe was lounging on the floor cushions while Frank stood in front of the whiteboard where they wrote up all their cases.

From "A Monster of a Mystery (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #5)" by Franklin W. Dixon

People vandalized and stole Ponce’s whiteboards, adding a dimension of drama to the tracker.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

But the task force had arranged the meeting in a manner where public comment was restricted to Post-it notes, on which attendees could only pen their thoughts and stick them up on whiteboards.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Layers of equipment, from real medical devices to whiteboards scribbled with a patients’ statuses, add to the ambient authenticity of a set built like an open emergency department, not a television soundstage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

They sketched out priorities and drafted legislative language on whiteboards, then waited for the opportune moment to introduce a bill.

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

She watched without a word or a smile, making sure the classes filed quietly into their rooms, where teachers sat with lesson plans on their cluttered desks and assignments on the whiteboards.

From "George" by Alex Gino

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