blackboard
Syllables: black·boardUK/ˈblækbɔːd//ˈblækbɔɹd/
blackboard noun: a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
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Noun
blackboard (plural blackboards)
- A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
- Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for...2012 March, Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2013, page 106
Verb
blackboard (third-person singular simple present blackboards, present participle blackboarding, simple past and past participle blackboarded)
- To use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.
blackboard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
blackboard in Hindi
- a surface that can be written upon with chalk
- श्यामपट śyāmpaṭ, ब्लैकबोर्ड blaikborḍ, तख़्ता-ए-सियाह taxtā-e-siyāh
blackboard in Tamil
- கரும்பலகை, எழுது பலகை
blackboard in Marathi
- a surface that can be written upon with chalk
- फळा phaḷā
blackboard in Urdu
- a surface that can be written upon with chalk
- تَخْتَۂ سِیاہ taxta-yi siyāh, بِلَیک بورْڈ bilaik borḍ, بْلَیک بورْڈ blaik borḍ
More languagesFewer languages
- blackboard in Bengali
- ব্ল্যাকবোর্ড blêkbōrḍo
- blackboard in Telugu
- బ్లాక్ బోర్డ్, బ్లాక్బోర్డ్, నలుపు పలక
- blackboard in Malayalam
- ബ്ലാക്ക്ബോർഡ്
- blackboard in Kannada
- ಕರಿಹಲಿಗೆ, ಕಪ್ಪುಹಲಗೆ
- blackboard in Punjabi
- ਬਲੈਕ ਬੋਰਡ, ਬਲੈਕਬੋਰਡ
- blackboard in Gujarati
- પાટિયું pāṭiyũ
- blackboard in Odia
- କଳା ପଟ
- blackboard in Nepali
- ब्ल्याक बोर्ड blyāk borḍ, कालोपाटी kālopāṭī
- blackboard in Pashto
- توره دړه tora daṛa
- blackboard in Tagalog
- pisara
- blackboard in Arabic
- سَبُّورَة sabbūra, لَوْح lawḥ
- blackboard in Malay
- papan hitam
- blackboard in Indonesian
- papan tulis
- blackboard in Thai
- กระดานดำ grà-daan-dam, กระดาน grà-daan
- blackboard in Vietnamese
- bảng đen
- blackboard in Myanmar
- ကျောက်သင်ပုန်း kyauksangpun:
Examples of blackboard in a sentence
- The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard.
- The professor stood at the blackboard, chalk in hand, and chewed the question the student had asked.
- After being called upon, he strode deliberately up to the blackboard.
Forms of blackboard
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blackboards |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blackboards |
| present participle | blackboarding |
| past participle | blackboarded |
| past | blackboarded |
Origin of blackboard
From black + board, because such surfaces were once typically made of black slate.
Words formed from blackboard
Phrases with blackboard
Questions about blackboard
- What does blackboard mean?
- Blackboard means a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.
- What is blackboard in Hindi?
- Blackboard in Hindi is श्यामपट (śyāmpaṭ), ब्लैकबोर्ड (blaikborḍ), तख़्ता-ए-सियाह (taxtā-e-siyāh). See Blackboard meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blackboard?
- Blackboard can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce blackboard?
- Blackboard is pronounced /ˈblækbɔɹd/ (US).
- What is the plural of blackboard?
- The plural of blackboard is blackboards.
Words near blackboard in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blackboard (page history and authors); blackboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blackboard (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blackboard (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blackboard (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blackboard (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); blackboard (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); कालोपाटी (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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