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单词 chalkboard
释义

chalkboard

[ chawk-bawrd, -bohrd ]
/ ˈtʃɔkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

a blackboard, especially a green or other light-colored one.

Origin of chalkboard

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40; chalk + board

Words nearby chalkboard

chaliced, chalicosis, chalicothere, chalk, chalk and talk, chalkboard, chalkface, chalk line, chalk out, chalkpit, chalkrail
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Example sentences from the Web for chalkboard

  • A Belgian church has a chalkboard sitting at the pulpit with the jungle peeking through the windows behind it.

    The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Then they stood in front of the chalkboard, smug and self-satisfied.

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  • “We have classes here,” she adds, pointing to a chalkboard behind her.

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  • They were painted as quickly as possible, in front of their subjects – a tombstone and a chalkboard.

    Different Strokes|Blake Gopnik|July 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for chalkboard

chalkboard
/ (ˈtʃɔːkˌbɔːd) /

noun

US and Canadian a hard or rigid surface made of a smooth usually dark substance, used for writing or drawing on with chalk, esp in teachingAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): blackboard
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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