breadboard
1 of 2noun
bread·board ˈbred-ˌbȯrd 
variants or less commonly bread board
plural breadboards also bread boards
1
: a board designed for working dough or for cutting or serving bread
With towels around their middles and their hair tucked up, Grandma and Mary Alice rolled out endless pastry on big breadboards.
Richard Peck
Richard PeckOn a large round breadboard beside Mrs. Plunkett there were several kinds of bread, which she cut very slowly … William Trevor
William Trevor2
: a board on which mounted components are breadboarded
Yamakawa developed an ignition system to maximize efficiency while using the least amount of gasoline. He created it as a breadboard (an assembly of separate transistors, capacitors, and other electronic parts), but was unable to fuse them together on a chip before the money ran out. Daniel McNeill et al.
Daniel McNeill et al.breadboard
2 of 2verb
breadboarded; breadboarding; breadboards
transitive verb
: to make an experimental arrangement of (something, such as an electronic circuit or a mechanical system) to test feasibility
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 Each kit includes products that can be found in a car, such as a sensor, a micro-controller board, a breadboard, a resistor, wires, cables and a passive buzzer. Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 The adjacent kitchen and butler’s pantry were professionally designed, with custom cabinets, slab-marble countertops and pullout bamboo breadboards. Julie Lasky, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 For a summer centerpiece, pile green apples on a breadboard; among the apples, insert test tubes containing white garden flowers; then garnish the arrangement with parsley.6. Maggie O'neill, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2015 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018 Catherine Sinow, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2020 See More
Noun
Use twine to tie the wreath onto the handle of a breadboard. Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2022 Each kit includes products that can be found in a car, such as a sensor, a micro-controller board, a breadboard, a resistor, wires, cables and a passive buzzer. Chanel Stitt, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2021 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 The adjacent kitchen and butler’s pantry were professionally designed, with custom cabinets, slab-marble countertops and pullout bamboo breadboards. Julie Lasky, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2020 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2020 For a summer centerpiece, pile green apples on a breadboard; among the apples, insert test tubes containing white garden flowers; then garnish the arrangement with parsley.6. Maggie O'neill, Good Housekeeping, 7 May 2015 Crosscut the top pieces, breadboard ends, stretchers, and legs. David Agrell, Popular Mechanics, 1 Mar. 2018 Verb
An outside party used Max to breadboard the wildly popular music software Ableton Live. Catherine Sinow, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1761, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1944, in the meaning defined above