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Definition: Clipboard |
ClipboardNoun1. A small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Computing | Clipboard |
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Crosswords: Clipboard |
| Specialty definitions using "clipboard": copy and paste ♦ device independent bitmap ♦ Inter-process Communication. (references) |
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Clever | You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. (references; author: unknown) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Consumer Goods | |||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | Alistair Cook, full-length portrait, seated, holding clipboard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Clipboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 82.40% of the time. "Clipboard" is used about 125 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) | 82.4% | 103 | 32,137 |
| Noun (common) | 17.6% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Total | 100.00% | 125 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 "clipboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dërrasë me mbërtheckë për të mbajtur letrat. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 夹板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | leikepöytä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Papierklemmbrett, Ablage (deposit, deposition, filing, ledge, place to keep, stacker, stacking, tray). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csipeszes írótábla. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 掲示板 (bulletin board, display board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | けいじば" (bulletin board, display board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 오림판. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ipboardclay пюпитр в виде дощечки с зажимом. (various references) portapapeles. (various references) skrivplatta. (various references) clipfwrdd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "clipboard": clipboards. (additional references) | |
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"Clipboard" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clapboaord, clipbboard, Clybourn. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "clipboard" (pronounced kli"pbô'rd) |
| 6 | -i" p b ô' r d | chipboard, shipboard. |
| 5 | -p b ô' r d | clapboard, mopboard. |
| 4 | -b ô' r d | aboveboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, cardboard, checkerboard, chessboard, containerboard, dartboard, dashboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, floorboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, linerboard, onboard, outboard, overboard, paperboard, pegboard, plasterboard, pressboard, scoreboard, seaboard, skateboard, smorgasbord, snowboard, springboard, storyboard, surfboard, switchboard, wallboard, washboard. |
| 3 | -ô' r d | broadsword, clavichord, concord, harpsichord, landlord, notochord, overlord, underinsured, warlord. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-d-i-l-o-p-r" | |
-2 letters: baldric, bipolar, cabildo, cordial, dipolar, labroid, parboil, parodic, picador, placoid. | |
-3 letters: bailor, bardic, bridal, caroli, lorica, picaro, placid, ribald. | |
-4 letters: aboil, acold, acrid, alcid, aroid, baric, bipod, board, bolar, boral, boric, braid, brail, broad, broil, caird, carbo, carob, carol, carpi, cibol, claro, cobia, cobra, copal, copra, coral, coria, daric, dobla, dobra, dolci, drail. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-d-i-l-o-p-r" | |
+1 letter: clipboards. | |
+3 letters: clapboarding. | |
+4 letters: particleboard. | |
+5 letters: particleboards. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 69 70 62 6F 61 72 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .. .--. -... --- .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01101001 01110000 01100010 01101111 01100001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l i p b o a r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0069 0070 0062 006F 0061 0072 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377875826881678470 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albanialainen, albaner, albán, 알"니아, албанский, albanés, alban |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, Chinesisch, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnisch, finn, 핀란", финский, finlandés, finés, finsk |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , saksalainen, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, немецкий, alemán, tysk, Almaenwr |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , unkarilainen, Ungar, magyar, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, японский, японец, japonés, japansk |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, japaner, japanisch, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, японский, японец, japonés, japansk |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreanisch, Koreaner, koreai, 한국, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, русский, ruso, ryss |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espanjalainen, spanisch, spanyol, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, ruotsalainen, schwedisch, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, шведский, sueco, svensk |
Welsh | geirlyfr, geiriadur, diffiniad, darnodiad, trosiad | shkel premtimin, populli i uellsit, ik pa paguar, i uellsit, gjuha e uellsit, 威"士, 威爾士語 , walisisch, walesi, уэльский, galés, walesisk, Cymreig |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, englisch, angol, 영국, английский, inglés, engelsk, Saesneg |
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