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greaseboard

greaseboard noun: a whiteboard.

Noun

greaseboard (plural greaseboards)

  1. A whiteboard.
    • Its outdated technology is obvious in the emergency room, where patients are tracked not by computer but by hand on a greaseboard and on forms passed from tray to tray.2008 January 8, Shaila Dewan, “A Safety-Net Hospital Falls Into Financial Crisis”, in New York Times

Forms of greaseboard

pluralgreaseboards

Origin of greaseboard

From grease + board.

Questions about greaseboard

What does greaseboard mean?
Greaseboard means a whiteboard.
What part of speech is greaseboard?
Greaseboard is a noun.
What is the plural of greaseboard?
The plural of greaseboard is greaseboards.

Words near greaseboard in the dictionary

  1. greaseballs
  2. greaseband
  3. greasebanded
  4. greasebanding
  5. greasebands
  6. greaseboard
  7. greaseboards
  8. greasebomb
  9. greasebombs
  10. greaseburger
  11. greaseburgers

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