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WYTB-ord/ˈwaɪtbɔːd/

A whiteboard is the white board at the front of a classroom. You write on it with a special pen, not chalk; on the whiteboard; wipe the whiteboard. A blackboard is dark and uses chalk; a screen shows a computer or video. Countable: a whiteboard. Board alone is more general.

Meaning

A white board in a classroom that you write on with a special pen.

Examples

• “Write the date on the whiteboard.”
• “Look at the whiteboard, please.”
• “Copy the words from the whiteboard.”

Good to know

on the whiteboard. Contrast: blackboard (chalk), screen (computer/TV).

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