control board

noun

1. a panel containing switches, dials, and other equipment for regulating electrical devices, lights, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of control board¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The BBC has reached out to India's pollution control board for a comment.

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By then, the mine was owned by Lac Minerals Ltd., which took over responsibility for groundwater inspection and monitoring required by the local water quality control board.

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In 2015, India's pollution control board said that the toxic waste would be incinerated in Gujarat but the plan was dropped after protests.

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Puerto Rico’s next governor will have to work alongside a federal control board that oversees the island’s finances and was created after the government declared bankruptcy.

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For the local vector control board, the board majority appointed a right-wing political activist who warned of mosquitoes being used as “flying syringes” for mass vaccination.

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