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orderboard

orderboard noun: a movable signal indicating whether or not there are train orders to be picked up.

Noun

orderboard (plural orderboards)

  1. (historical) A movable signal indicating whether or not there are train orders to be picked up.

Forms of orderboard

pluralorderboards

Origin of orderboard

From order + board.

Questions about orderboard

What does orderboard mean?
Orderboard means a movable signal indicating whether or not there are train orders to be picked up.
What part of speech is orderboard?
Orderboard is a noun.
What is the plural of orderboard?
The plural of orderboard is orderboards.

Words near orderboard in the dictionary

  1. order-type
  2. order-types
  3. orderabilities
  4. orderability
  5. orderable
  6. orderboard
  7. orderboards
  8. ordered
  9. ordered about
  10. ordered around
  11. ordered field

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