Meaning

1 senses
  1. A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard.

    Wandtafel, Tafel

    доска́doská

    до́шкаdóška

    sheet of slate; for writing with chalk

Examples

14 sentences
  1. Tom wrote an inspirational quote on the chalkboard.

    deTom schrieb ein inspirierendes Zitat an die Tafel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom doesn't like chalkboards.

  3. This chalkboard is old.

  4. Liquorice is the food equivalent of nails on a chalkboard.

    Локриця - це кулінарний еквівалент скрежету нігтів по дошці. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  5. Tom drew a circle on the chalkboard.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard:
Русский
By meaning 1
slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard:

Origin

From chalk + board.

From chalk + board.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: chalkboards
Singularchalkboard
Pluralchalkboards

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Relatedwhiteboard

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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