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motorboards

motorboards is the plural of motorboard.

Meaning of motorboard

Noun

motorboard (plural motorboards)

  1. The mount that holds the motor on a record player.
    • In order to align this receiver for I.F. the four wood screws holding the motorboard to the cabinet will have to be removed.1935, John Francis Rider, Perpetual Trouble Shooter's Manual - Volume 12, page 236
  2. A circuit board that controls one or more motors.
    • Each Motorboard is able to control six motors and to read in their sensory information.2009, Achim Gottscheber, Stefan Enderle, David Obdrzalek, Research and Education in Robotics -- EUROBOT 2008, →ISBN
  3. A motorized surfboard or scooter.
    • Inventor Gilpin risks new suit to show off his new motorboard.1948 June 14, “Loafer's surfboard”, in Life Magazine, volume 24, number 24
  4. An outboard motor.
    • If you think of an outboard motorboard as a lever, the propeller is the thrust point and the transom is the fulcrum.1979 April, Gary Garbrecht, “MotorBoating”, in Outboard Power: How To, volume 143, number 4, page 174

Questions about motorboards

What is motorboards the plural of?
Motorboards is the plural of motorboard.

Words near motorboards in the dictionary

  1. motorbikes
  2. motorbiking
  3. motorbikist
  4. motorbikists
  5. motorboard
  6. motorboards
  7. motorboat
  8. motorboated
  9. motorboater
  10. motorboaters
  11. motorboating

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