Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A board or structure of boards extending above a dam to increase its capacity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as flashing-board.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun U.S. A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height

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Examples

  • Waitresses passed her written slips or called out their requests; Nicki made the requisite dish, and then flicked a switch that lit up a number on a flashboard, and the waitress would come and whisk the sundaes and cones and Fribbles away.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Waitresses passed her written slips or called out their requests; Nicki made the requisite dish, and then flicked a switch that lit up a number on a flashboard, and the waitress would come and whisk the sundaes and cones and Fribbles away.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Waitresses passed her written slips or called out their requests; Nicki made the requisite dish, and then flicked a switch that lit up a number on a flashboard, and the waitress would come and whisk the sundaes and cones and Fribbles away.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Waitresses passed her written slips or called out their requests; Nicki made the requisite dish, and then flicked a switch that lit up a number on a flashboard, and the waitress would come and whisk the sundaes and cones and Fribbles away.

    The Half Life Jennifer Weiner 2010

  • Waitresses passed her written slips or called out their requests; Nicki made the requisite dish, and then flicked a switch that lit up a number on a flashboard, and the waitress would come and whisk the sundaes and cones and Fribbles away.

    The Guy Not Taken Jennifer Weiner 2006

  • You may use one monitor to display the controlling buttons and menu items and another to dedicate to the flashboard.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2010

  • The report also recommends that a flashboard not be installed because of safety and operation issues.

    Postbulletin.com Local News 2009

  • These consist of stacked flashboard risers in the main lines.

    Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed 2009

  • The city now hires someone to raise and lower the flashboard, with a $15,000 budget from the county.

    Postbulletin.com Local News 2009

  • A simple to use bingo flashboard that you can fully customize.

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2008

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