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chalkboard
[chawk-bawrd, -bohrd]
noun
a blackboard, especially a green or other light-colored one.
chalkboard
/ ˈʃɔːˌɔː /
noun
Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): blackboard.a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teaching
Word History and Origins
Origin of chalkboard1
Example Sentences
For Democrats, the mere mention of his name has the same effect as nails applied to a chalkboard.
Pat Riley once wrote on the locker room chalkboard during a playoff run, “No rebounds , no rings.”
“The concept was I'm standing in front of a chalkboard with chalk in my hand, and I don't know how to solve the easy thing in front of me,” he recalled.
As people wind through the queue of the new Tiana’s Bayou Adventure ride, they’re greeted by a chalkboard message left by the princess.
I have invented eight hundred different flavors—but not a single one has ever gone up on that chalkboard.
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