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speedboard

speedboard noun: a board indicating a speed limit.

Noun

speedboard (plural speedboards)

  1. A board indicating a speed limit.
    • Speedboards would provide drivers immediate notification of their speed as they pass the device.1989, Wisconsin Traffic Safety Reporter
    • Union Pacific has taken down Southern Pacific speedboards and replaced them with U.P. speedboards. U.P. speedboards for reduction of speed are posted at a measly 2,500 feet from the point of effect.1999, Locomotive Engineers Journal, volumes 106-108, page 4
  2. A skateboard designed for high speed.
    • "We tend to get a bad rap because we are associated with the punk, vandal stereotype given to skateboarders," Pennell said. "The speedboard world is made up of people who love the sport too much to risk its reputation."2007 November 28, Nick Kolich, “Speedboarders fly down hills”, in The Beacon

Forms of speedboard

pluralspeedboards

Origin of speedboard

From speed + board.

Questions about speedboard

What does speedboard mean?
Speedboard means a board indicating a speed limit.
What part of speech is speedboard?
Speedboard is a noun.
What is the plural of speedboard?
The plural of speedboard is speedboards.

Words near speedboard in the dictionary

  1. speedballed
  2. speedballer
  3. speedballers
  4. speedballing
  5. speedballs
  6. speedboard
  7. speedboarder
  8. speedboarders
  9. speedboarding
  10. speedboards
  11. speedboat

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