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blackboards

blackboards is the plural of blackboard.

blackboards is the third-person singular simple present indicative of blackboard.

Meaning of blackboard

Noun

blackboard (plural blackboards)

  1. 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

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Questions about blackboards

What is blackboards the plural of?
Blackboards is the plural of blackboard.

Words near blackboards in the dictionary

  1. blackboard bold
  2. blackboard jungle
  3. blackboard jungles
  4. blackboarded
  5. blackboarding
  6. blackboards
  7. blackbodies
  8. blackbody
  9. blackbodylike
  10. Blackbonnet
  11. blackbox

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