corkboard

American  

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

noun

1. an insulating material made of compressed cork, used in building, for industrial purposes, etc.

2. a bulletin board made of this material.

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corkboard British  

/ ˈkɔːkˌbɔːd /

noun

1. 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

“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

The walls and ceiling are bare unpainted wood, and there is nothing in the shed but my desk, a filing cabinet, two little bookshelves, an air-conditioner, and, of course, nailed to one wall, a corkboard.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

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

The other man took the piece of paper and pinned it on the corkboard, where the notices of dances, auction sales, whist drives, and so on were displayed.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman