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whiteboard

Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/

The English word “whiteboard” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.
  2. A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.

verb

  1. To use a whiteboard, to write on a writeboard

Etymology

From white + board, modelled on blackboard.

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