clipboard
noun
clip·board ˈklip-ˌbȯrd 
1
: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a section of computer memory that temporarily stores data (such as text or a graphics image) especially to facilitate its movement or duplication
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Recent Examples on the Web It’s a man carrying a clipboard and a caddy of cleaning products. 
Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Research ecologist Seth Arens was hidden in the bushes, shouting out the scientific names of plants to an assistant who sat in the shade of a young cottonwood tree with a pen and clipboard. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Morrissey insisted on doing the stats by hand, choosing a clipboard and pencil over the tablet he was offered on the sideline. Kinsey Crowley, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 As fewer jobs rely on pencil and clipboard technology, more people are shifting toward jobs that lead to promising careers with forward-thinking organizations and companies. Si Katara, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Louis grabs a clipboard and commences knocking on doors to ask about the names and dispositions of local dogs. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Mariota, the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NFL draft, largely held a clipboard while standing on the sidelines the past two seasons with Las Vegas Raiders. oregonlive, 27 July 2022 No team is going to court that kind of controversy for a player who will mainly ride the bench and carry a clipboard. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 20 Apr. 2022 To paste text without formatting, simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V (for Windows users) or Command+Shift+V (for Macs) and this will take the text that’s in your clipboard and paste only the plain text. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022 See More
Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022 Research ecologist Seth Arens was hidden in the bushes, shouting out the scientific names of plants to an assistant who sat in the shade of a young cottonwood tree with a pen and clipboard. Zak Podmore, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022 Morrissey insisted on doing the stats by hand, choosing a clipboard and pencil over the tablet he was offered on the sideline. Kinsey Crowley, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 As fewer jobs rely on pencil and clipboard technology, more people are shifting toward jobs that lead to promising careers with forward-thinking organizations and companies. Si Katara, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 Louis grabs a clipboard and commences knocking on doors to ask about the names and dispositions of local dogs. Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 Mariota, the No. 2 pick in the 2015 NFL draft, largely held a clipboard while standing on the sidelines the past two seasons with Las Vegas Raiders. oregonlive, 27 July 2022 No team is going to court that kind of controversy for a player who will mainly ride the bench and carry a clipboard. W. James Antle Iii, The Week, 20 Apr. 2022 To paste text without formatting, simply use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+V (for Windows users) or Command+Shift+V (for Macs) and this will take the text that’s in your clipboard and paste only the plain text. Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
clipboard
noun
clip·board ˈklip-ˌbȯrd
1
: a small board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a part of computer memory that is used to store data (as items to be copied to another file) temporarily