dartboard

[dahrt-bawrd, -bohrd]

noun

1. the target used in the game of darts.

dartboard

/ ˈdɑːtˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a circular piece of wood, cork, etc, used as the target in the game of darts. It is divided into numbered sectors with central inner and outer bull's-eyes

Word History and Origins

Origin of dartboard¹

First recorded in 1900–05; dart + board

Example Sentences

The Greene King boss said some of his pubs were expanding into competitive socialising using electronic dartboards and shuffleboards to attract and maintain customers who are after an "elevated experience".

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Greaves started playing with her older brother Taylor, who had a dartboard in his bedroom, and quickly showed her aptitude for the game.

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“I feel like you can have a dartboard and throw a dart and it would land on something that went wrong,” Muncy said.

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The crowd on a Saturday night is a mixture of friends, a smattering of solo drinkers and a young couple on a date, mulling whether to head to the jukebox or dartboard.

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A woman could be seen limbo dancing between a group of men dressed as traffic cones and the sight of someone wearing a foam dartboard on their head was never too far away.

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