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chalkboard

/ˈt͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d//ˈt͡ʃɔːk.bɔː(ɹ)d/

chalkboard noun: a slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

chalkboard: a slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard
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Noun

chalkboard (plural chalkboards)

  1. A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
    Synonyms:
    blackboard

Verb

chalkboard (third-person singular simple present chalkboards, present participle chalkboarding, simple past and past participle chalkboarded)

  1. To write or draw on a chalkboard.
    • If you live in a home where painting walls isn't permitted, chalkboarding is still an option for you.2018, Marla Cilley, The CHAOS Cure

chalkboard meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Tagalog

chalkboard in Hindi

slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard
चॉकबोर्ड cŏkborḍ

chalkboard in Tamil

சுண்ணப்பலகை

chalkboard in Urdu

slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard
چاک بورْڈ cāk borḍ

chalkboard in Tagalog

slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard
pisara
More languagesFewer languages
chalkboard in Arabic
سَبُورَة sabūra, لَوْح lawḥ
chalkboard in Thai
กระดาน grà-daan
chalkboard in Vietnamese
bảng đen, bảng phấn

Examples of chalkboard in a sentence

  • She couldn't tell the words on the chalkboard without her glasses.
  • The sound of fingernails on a chalkboard just makes my skin crawl.
  • The children were made to construct sentences consisting of nouns and verbs from the list on the chalkboard.

All 14 example sentences with chalkboard

Synonyms of chalkboard

Forms of chalkboard

Noun
pluralchalkboards
Verb
third-person singular presentchalkboards
present participlechalkboarding
past participlechalkboarded
pastchalkboarded

Plural of chalkboard: chalkboards

Origin of chalkboard

From chalk + board.

Words formed from chalkboard

Questions about chalkboard

What does chalkboard mean?
Chalkboard means a slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.
What is chalkboard in Hindi?
Chalkboard in Hindi is चॉकबोर्ड (cŏkborḍ). See Chalkboard meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is chalkboard?
Chalkboard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce chalkboard?
Chalkboard is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɔːk.bɔː(ɹ)d/ (UK).
What is the plural of chalkboard?
The plural of chalkboard is chalkboards.

Words near chalkboard in the dictionary

  1. chalkable
  2. chalkbag
  3. chalkbags
  4. chalkbelt
  5. chalkbelts
  6. chalkboard
  7. chalkboarded
  8. chalkboarding
  9. chalkboards
  10. chalkbrood
  11. chalkdust

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: chalkboard (page history and authors); chalkboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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