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playboards

playboards is the plural of playboard.

Meaning of playboard

Noun

playboard (plural playboards)

  1. A ledge or shelf used in puppetry for balancing props.
    • Professional puppeteers hang their puppets upside down from a ring on the playboard shelf inside the puppet theater and slip the puppets on like gloves. […] When the puppet is removed, it is hung back in its place on the playboard.2005, Carol R. Exner, Practical Puppetry A-Z: A Guide for Librarians and Teachers, page 106
  2. The playfield of a pinball table or similar game.
    • Nothing moves on these playboards except the ball itself which rolls down the inclined playboard by gravitational pull.1969, Rufus King, Gambling and organized crime

Questions about playboards

What is playboards the plural of?
Playboards is the plural of playboard.

Words near playboards in the dictionary

  1. playblast
  2. playblasted
  3. playblasting
  4. playblasts
  5. playboard
  6. playboards
  7. playboat
  8. playboater
  9. playboaters
  10. playboating
  11. playboats

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