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Definition: Blackboard |
BlackboardNoun1. Sheet of slate; for writing with chalk. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "blackboard" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | A globally accessible data base for recording intermediate, partial results of problem-solving. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To see in your dreams writing in white chalk on a blackboard, denotes ill tidings of some person prostrated with some severe malady, or your financial security will be swayed by the panicky condition of commerce. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
General | Hard smooth dark surface used for drawing or writing in chalk. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A blackboard is a surface on which markings made with chalk are visible. It is used as a surface on which to write.Blackboards can simply be a piece of board painted with matt black paint, but more modern versions are made from a looped sheet of plastic on rollers, so it can be scrolled to reveal more blank writing space.
Blackboards are often used in for teaching. The chalk marks can be quickly and easily wiped off with a damp cloth, or a special blackboard rubber, a block of wood with a felt pad.
Sticks of processed chalk are made especially for use with blackboards, in white and also in various colours.
Blackboards have disadvantages: they produce a fair amount of dust, depending on the quality of chalk used. Some people find this uncomfortable, or may be allergic to it. However, other methods of displaying information are more expensive and have drawbacks of their own.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Blackboard."
Synonym: BlackboardSynonym: chalkboard (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Writing | Stationery; pen, quill, goose quill; pencil, style; paper, foolscap, parchment, vellum, papyrus, tablet, slate, marble, pillar, table; blackboard; ink bottle, ink horn, ink pot, ink stand, ink well; typewriter. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Blackboard |
| English words defined with "blackboard": blackboard eraser ♦ chalk talk ♦ sponge. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "blackboard": audiographic teleconferencing ♦ BLOW-UP OPERATOR ♦ CHAR-FILTER OPERATOR, cooperating knowledge sources ♦ INSTRUCTOR, DRIVING ♦ SEWER-LINE PHOTO-INSPECTOR, STAMPER I ♦ tool framework. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson, based on the novel by W.P. Kinsella.) Shall I leave you and the blackboard alone for a little while (Tarzan; writing credit: Edgar Rice Burroughs; Tab Murphy) It has been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt and erased again (Field of Dreams; writing credit: Phil Alden Robinson) | |
Lyrics | First room I've worked for a while that didn't have a blackboard so we will (New Math; performing artist: Tom Lehrer) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Blackboard Jumble (1957) Murder on the Blackboard (1934) Blackboard and Blackmail (1917) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | A woman in a red shirt explains a chart in a booklet by drawing it on a blackboard in colored chalk. See artwork: OCC-04. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |  | Classroom interior with students and blackboard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Wellington, Kansas. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe engine crew checking in after a day's run. Left to right: brakeman W.I. Pace; fireman Edward L. Hicks; and engineer J.B. Aubuchon. Note blackboard showing participation of railroad men in war ond campaign. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Blackboard in Ozark school, Arkansas. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Abandoned schoolhouse (the Reedville School) in the Pine Camp expansion area which was attended by Dan Sampson's children. Inscription on blackboard was written by one of them. Near Sterlingville, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ernest Kendall, teacher of U.S. Capitol pages. Mr. Kendall at blackboard with student I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Canadian scenes. Chinese blackboard. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Blackboard" by Julio Ferro Commentary: "Informal pictures from my design class at University of Buenos Aires." | "Study, study, study" by Peter Hamza Commentary: "School blackboard with some figures on it." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers. |
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| "Blackboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.79% of the time. "Blackboard" is used about 248 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.79% | 245 | 19,065 |
| Noun (common) | 1.21% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 248 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "blackboard": blackboard eraser ♦ wipe the blackboard. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "blackboard": blackboard-jungle, blackboard-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "blackboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dërrasë e zezë (chalkboard). (various references) | |
Arabic | لوح (flag, flourish, gesture, sheet, slab, tablet, wave), سبورة, طاولة سوداء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | черна дъска. (various references) | |
Chamorro | pisara. (various references) | |
Chinese | 黑板 . (various references) | |
Czech | tabule (board, chalkboard, panel, sheet). (various references) | |
Danish | blackboard, tavle til klassevaerelser, tavle (comb, honey comb, honeycomb, shutter), sort tavle, klassetavle. (various references) | |
Dutch | blackboard, zwart schrijfbord, schoolbord. (various references) | |
Farsi | تخته سیاه . (various references) | |
Finnish | taulu (board, dial, painting, picture, plank, table), musta taulu. (various references) | |
French | tableau noir, tableau. (various references) | |
German | Tafel (bar, board, boards, cake, console, control panel, meal, notice board, panel, plank, plaque, plate, sheet, sign, signboard, slab, slate, table). (various references) | |
Greek | μαυροπίνακας. (various references) | |
Hebrew | לוח כתה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | iskolai tábla. (various references) | |
Indonesian | papan tulis. (various references) | |
Italian | lavagna (slate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 黒板 , 黒板 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こくばん. (various references) | |
Korean | 칠판 (chalkboard, chalkboards). (various references) | |
Manx | boayrd screeuee (scrutoire), boayrd doo. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackboardblay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | quadro-preto, quadro-negro (slate), quadro preto, quadro para aulas, quadro negro, lousa (slate), enquadramento geral. (various references) | |
Romanian | tablã (backgammon, board, sheet, slab, slate, tin, tray). (various references) | |
Russian | рабочая область (workspace), классная доска (black board, black-board), доска (board, bred, chalkboard, punchboard, trencher). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | tabla (bar, board, panel), školska tabla. (various references) | |
Spanish | pizarra (chalkboard, chert, slate). (various references) | |
Swedish | svarta tavlan, svart tavla. (various references) | |
Thai | กระดานดำ. (various references) | |
Turkish | tahta (board, plank, wood, wooden), kara tahta (board). (various references) | |
Turkmen | tagta (board, plank). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | класна дошка. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bảng đen. (various references) | |
Welsh | astell ddu. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blackboard": blackboards. (additional references) | |
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"Blackboard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blackband, blackbeard. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "blackboard" (pronounced bla"kbô'rd) |
| 4 | -b ô' r d | aboveboard, baseboard, billboard, cardboard, checkerboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, containerboard, dartboard, dashboard, keyboard, linerboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, floorboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, mopboard, onboard, outboard, overboard, paperboard, pegboard, plasterboard, pressboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, skateboard, smorgasbord, snowboard, springboard, storyboard, surfboard, switchboard, wallboard, washboard. |
| 3 | -ô' r d | broadsword, clavichord, concord, landlord, harpsichord, notochord, overlord, underinsured, warlord. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-b-c-d-k-l-o-r" | |
-1 letter: backboard. | |
-3 letters: carload. | |
-4 letters: aboard, aboral, abroad, balboa, barbal. | |
-5 letters: aback, acold, alack, babka, black, block, board, bolar, boral, broad, brock, cabal, cabob, carbo, carob, carol, claro, cloak, coala, cobra, coral, craal, croak, dobla, dobra, kabab, kabar, kabob, koala, kraal, labor, labra, lobar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-b-c-d-k-l-o-r" | |
+1 letter: blackboards. | |
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