noun

blackboard

BLAK-bawd

noun

A hard, dark writing surface that can be written on with chalk and wiped clean; a chalkboard.

"The teacher wrote the homework on the blackboard."

"Chalk squeaked across the blackboard."

How to Use Blackboard

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA classroom writing surface used with chalk.

Common pairings

write on the blackboard wipe the blackboard

blackboarded past tense, blackboards plural, blackboards singular

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The teacher wrote the homework on the _____.

From black and board, named because such surfaces were once made from black slate.

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