Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A panel covered with white, glossy plastic for writing on with erasable markers.
Wiktionary
- n. A large vertical writing area, finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special markers and subsequently erased.
Etymologies
- From white + board, modelled on blackboard. (Wiktionary)
- white + (black)board. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Tom - You're right - the real estate of a big whiteboard is truly wonderful.”
“[1] Now sharing something on screen ( "whiteboard" - style) is another matter, and makes a lot of sense when discussing something complex.”
“However a whiteboard is still called a whiteboard and not a markerboard.”
“The whiteboard is a shared desktop which supports text, drawings, images, and multimedia in a number of formats, such as MP3 and video.”
“Even the childish doodles on the whiteboard were the same.”
“The whiteboard is a great example of a low-tech device that can easily be customized to maximize patient care.”
“While much of the new focus is on adults, PBS is also introducing a subscription-based teaching tool for home and classroom called whiteboard games, and nearly 1,000 free, educational games as well.”
New PBS Website, iPad App Not Just For Kids Anymore | paidContent
“Kids are still included: While much of the new focus is on adults, PBS is also introducing a subscription-based teaching tool for home and classroom called whiteboard games, and nearly 1,000 free, educational games as well.”
New PBS Website, iPad App Not Just For Kids Anymore | paidContent
“The primary messaging interface used for sending welcome and encouragement messages in me. edu.au is known as the whiteboard, and the option to receive notifications by email is available for a number of transactions in me. edu.au as further encouragement to members to return and engage further.”
“ Simply speaking it can be described as a whiteboard displaying the image from the computer monitor with the surface operating as a giant touch screen.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whiteboard’.
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Wordnik Spam Inquiries
We get a lot of spam emails at Wordnik that fit this pattern: "Mr Bob Wilson here and i will like to know if you do have X for sale". The words on this list represent a subset of such requested items.
burnisher, shaper vise, salt spreader, soil pulveriser, bible, flutes, baffles, crucifix cross, proofer, gazebo, real bubble wrap, roller tray and 206 more...
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white phrase/words
how white is used
white acajou, white-aproned, white fir, white-armed, white-back, white-arsed, white elm, white-ash breeze, white admiral, white-fly, white ale, white ash and 591 more...
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boards
dashboard, buckboard, aboveboard, across-the-board, backboard, cupboard, overboard, washboard, sideboard, storyboard, keyboard, room and board and 79 more...
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Black or White
black and white, snow-white, coal-black, blacksmith, whitesmith, blackball, white-box testing, Blackberry, white pages, black book, white paper, blacklist and 107 more...
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cbars420's Words
boob, wiener, monkey, dookie, anal, breast, tit, melon, student, teach, kitten, sex and 82 more...
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things in the classroom
desk, blackboard, whiteboard, paper, nameplate, pencils, table, door, bathroom, glue, drinking fountain, teacher and 13 more...
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Not in Webster's New World 4th
Words not in Webster's New World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition (2002)
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