blackboard

[blak-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. a sheet of smooth, hard material, especially dark slate, used in schools, lecture rooms, etc., for writing or drawing on with chalk.

blackboard

/ ˈblækˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching

Word History and Origins

Origin of blackboard¹

First recorded in 1815–25; black + board

Example Sentences

He would walk into the classroom, take a piece of chalk out of his pocket, go straight to the blackboard, and begin.

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What I miss most is closing my eyes at night, then opening them and it’s morning, that total submersion, yesterday’s problems wiped away like algebraic equations on a junior-high blackboard.

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"How can you rehabilitate classrooms if you don't have cement? And above all, we need notebooks and books ... blackboards, the bare minimum," said Beigbeder.

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Supporters on both sides are claiming victory based on images circulating on social media of blackboards and papers tallying the results.

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Images of sheets and blackboards tallying the results have circulated on social media, fuelling victory claims among both Biya and Tchiroma's camps.

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