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surfboard

UK/ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd//ˈsɝfˌbɔɹd/

surfboard noun: a shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

surfboard: a shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on...
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Noun

surfboard (plural surfboards)

  1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.
    • One shark attacked the surfboard.
    Synonyms:
    surfbort

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

  1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

surfboard meaning in Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese

surfboard in Tamil

நுரைச்சறுக்கிபலகை

surfboard in Thai

a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
กระดานโต้คลื่น grà-daan-dtôo-klʉ̂ʉn

surfboard in Vietnamese

a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
ván lướt sóng

Synonyms of surfboard

Forms of surfboard

Noun
pluralsurfboards
Verb
third-person singular presentsurfboards
present participlesurfboarding
past participlesurfboarded
pastsurfboarded

Plural of surfboard: surfboards

Origin of surfboard

From surf + board.

Words formed from surfboard

Questions about surfboard

What does surfboard mean?
Surfboard means a shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.
What is surfboard in Tamil?
Surfboard in Tamil is நுரைச்சறுக்கிபலகை. See Surfboard meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is surfboard?
Surfboard can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce surfboard?
Surfboard is pronounced /ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of surfboard?
The plural of surfboard is surfboards.

Words near surfboard in the dictionary

  1. surfaris
  2. surfatron
  3. surfatrons
  4. surfbird
  5. surfbirds
  6. surfboard
  7. surfboarded
  8. surfboarder
  9. surfboarders
  10. surfboarding
  11. surfboardlike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: surfboard (page history and authors); surfboard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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