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BLAKB-ord/ˈblækbɔːd/

A blackboard is a dark board written on with chalk. A whiteboard uses pens; a board is the everyday wider word. Classrooms: the blackboard is for working; phones stay in the pouch.

Meaning

A dark board that a teacher writes on with chalk.

Examples

• “The blackboard is for working; phones stay in the pouch.”
• “A blackboard in an old classroom is not a smartboard login.”

Good to know

a blackboard / chalkboard. Contrast: a whiteboard. School. Countable boards. Mix-up: a noticeboard is for pinning papers, not chalk.

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