dartboard

American  

[dahrt-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈdɑrtˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. the target used in the game of darts.

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dartboard British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of dartboard

First recorded in 1900–05; dart + board

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Oct. 14, 2025

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.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024

She was rewarded with an education at Stuart Hall, an Episcopal school in Staunton, Va., where she was briefly expelled for using faculty photos as a dartboard.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2022

Did you turn president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto’s face into a dartboard?

From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2022

And he had a great dartboard up there, and I only threw a few into the wall instead of into the target.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt