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Definition: Surfboard |
SurfboardNoun1. A narrow buoyant board for riding surf. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Sports & Leisure | A long narrow buoyant board used in the sport of riding the surf. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Surfboard |
| English words defined with "surfboard": surf, surfboarding, surfing, surfriding ♦ wakeboard, windsurf. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Surfboard" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (surfboard). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Surfboard Rhythm (1947) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
High Tech |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | In training for surfboard championships. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | A Surfboard collision--the only one ever made!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Surfboard" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Surfboard" is used about 23 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) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
surfboard | 2,237 | beach competition surfboard | 25 |
motorola surfboard | 92 | 2c surfboard | 25 |
design surfboard | 91 | surfboard manufacturer | 23 |
surfboard rack | 79 | make surfboard | 21 |
surfboard bag | 61 | surfboard leash | 21 |
surfboard fins | 48 | surfboard rental | 21 |
surfboard repair | 39 | buy surfboard | 21 |
surfboard picture | 39 | surfboard shapers | 21 |
surfboard cable modem | 38 | clipart surfboard | 20 |
surfboard rug | 37 | surfboard shape | 20 |
surfboard title | 36 | surfboard uli | 20 |
used surfboard | 34 | surfboard sticker | 18 |
surfboard wax | 33 | motorola sb5100 surfboard | 18 |
surfboard art | 32 | inflatable surfboard | 17 |
shaping surfboard | 31 | motorola surfboard modem | 16 |
motorola surfboard cable modem | 28 | surfboard company | 15 |
surfboard for sale | 27 | graphic surfboard | 15 |
surfboard modem | 27 | surfboard car rack | 15 |
surfboard shop | 27 | rusty surfboard | 15 |
blank surfboard | 26 | foam surfboard | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "surfboard"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مزلقة (bobsled, drag, sled, sledge, sleigh, toboggan), مزلجة (roller skates, sled, sledge, slide, water ski), لوح الركمجة لركوب الأمواج. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | дъска за сърфинг. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 冲浪板. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | surfovací prkno. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | braet til surfriding (aquaplane). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | glijplank. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | planche de surf. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wellenreiterbrett. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σανίδα κυματοδρομίας, σανίδα σερφ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ'לש (ski, skid, slide), קרש 'ליש", 'לשן. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szörfdeszka (surf, surf board), szörf (surf, windsurfer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | surf (surfing), tavola per surfing. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ゴルフ (ace, circle, circlet, circlip, circuit, circuit breaker, circuit training, circular fluorescent lamp, circular skirt, circulation, circulator, circumscribe, circumscription, circus, club, Gauloise, golf course, golf links, gondola, gong, goods or services without charge, grounder, saber, sabre, sabre-toothed tiger, sardine, sardonyx, search, searcher, searchlight, serge, sergeant, servant, serve, serve point, server, service, service area, service car, service girl, service room, service station, service yard, snap ring, sports club, support system, surcharge, surf cast, surf casting, surf rider, surf roller, surf ski, surf trolling, surfer, surfing, surge, surveillance, survey, Surveyor, third, thirty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | サーフボード . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urfboardsay prancha para "surf", prancha de surfe. (various references) доска для серфинга. (various references) daska za voznju po talasima. (various references) tabla de surf, plancha de surf. (various references) surfingbräda (aquaplane, windsurfer). (various references) กระ"านโต้คลื่น. (various references) sörf (board, surfing). (various references) дошка для серфінгу. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "surfboard": surfboarded, surfboarder, surfboarders, surfboarding, surfboards. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "surfboard" (pronounced ser"fbô'rd) |
| 4 | -b ô' r d | aboveboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, cardboard, checkerboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, containerboard, dartboard, dashboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, floorboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, linerboard, mopboard, onboard, outboard, overboard, paperboard, pegboard, plasterboard, pressboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, skateboard, smorgasbord, snowboard, springboard, storyboard, 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-d-f-o-r-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: arbours, ardours, durbars. | |
-3 letters: absurd, adsorb, arbors, arbour, ardors, ardour, boards, broads, burros, bursar, dobras, douras, durbar, durras, forbad, frauds, furors. | |
-4 letters: arbor, ardor, bards, barfs, bauds, board, boars, boras, brads, broad, buras, burds, burro, burrs, bursa, darbs, daubs, dobra, dorrs, dorsa, doura, drabs, drubs, duras, duros, durra, durrs, fados, fards, faros, forbs. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-f-o-r-r-s-u" | |
+1 letter: surfboards. | |
+2 letters: surfboarded, surfboarder. | |
+3 letters: surfboarders, surfboarding. | |
+4 letters: flutterboards. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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