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corkboard

American

[kawrk-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈkɔrkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

an insulating material made of compressed cork, used in building, for industrial purposes, etc.
a bulletin board made of this material.

corkboard British

/ ˈkɔːkˌbɔːd /

noun

a thin slab made of granules of cork, used as a floor or wall finish and as an insulator

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Etymology

Origin of corkboard

First recorded in 1890–95; cork + board

Example Sentences

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“Queerness is no crime, Transness is no crime,” read a Post-it note attached to the brown corkboard.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

The Wi-Fi password, posted on a corkboard in the lobby next to Christmas photos from the club’s “incarcerated homies,” is “BlackLiberation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

“I Love You Faith!!!!” she scrawled on the bottom border of the corkboard.

From Washington Post • May 25, 2022

Ultimately, the FBI’s current recruiting efforts notwithstanding, yarn on a corkboard is not used in the real-life world of stopping terrorists and breaking up criminal enterprises.

From Slate • Feb. 1, 2022

Leen spun her chair so they faced each other, pointed at some new complicated drawing on Petey’s corkboard.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

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