whiteboard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whiteboard.wav wītbôd /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/ wītbôrd /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/

Word forms

whiteboard whiteboards whiteboarding whiteboarded

Etymology

From white + board, modelled on blackboard.

Derived words

e-whiteboard interactive whiteboard whiteboard marker whiteboard pen
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