blackboard
noun
a sheet of smooth, hard material, especially dark slate, used in schools, lecture rooms, etc., for writing or drawing on with chalk.
blackboards
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pluralof blackboard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
It started, really, with those double pages that open the chapters that look like blackboards with white letters.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2022
Children will find plenty of chalk at the back-to-school celebration in Lower Manhattan on Friday, but they won’t use it to write on blackboards.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Guests can tour classrooms where blackboards, walls and ceilings were warped by the water.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
I was sent to the principal’s office and had to stay after school and wash blackboards.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
