whiteboard en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ (General-American)
- wītbôrd (General-American)
- /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- wītbôd (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From white + board, modelled on blackboard.
Meanings
-
A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean.
1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine Mark Miller gave himself up to Xanadu's pull and rejoined the project full time. The new Xanadu site on Palo Alto's California Avenue was remodeled to resemble the environment at Xerox PARC. The programmers' offices opened onto a large common space, and the walls were covered with white board, which quickly became a tangle of multicolored lines, words, circles, and squiggles.
Discussion turns to the station whiteboard, which even has its own Twitter page. It's been in place for a number of years and is located right in the middle of the concourse. It's used to provide service information, upcoming alterations and event advice. There is also a 'Chuckle of the Day'.
2020 December 30, Richard Clinnick, “Greater Anglia strikes again...”, in Rail, page 43:
- (broadly) A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| whiteboards | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
e-whiteboard · whiteboard marker · interactive whiteboard · whiteboard pen
Descendants
화이트보드 · Whiteboard · whiteboard · ホワイトボード
Relateds
chalkboard · imageboard · blackboard
Translations (80)
de Tafel (large vertical writing area) · es pizarrón albo (large vertical writing area) · ca pissarra blanca (large vertical writing area) · fa-ira تَخْتِهسِفید (large vertical writing area) · nl whiteboard (large vertical writing area) · lt baltoji lenta (large vertical writing area) · lt interaktyvi lenta (collaborative tool) · izh doska (large vertical writing area) · nrf blianche plianche (large vertical writing area) · ur تَخْتَۂ سَفید (large vertical writing area) · fr tableau (large vertical writing area) · cmn 白板 (large vertical writing area) · cs tabule (large vertical writing area) · ko 화이트보드 (large vertical writing area) · nb tusjtavle (large vertical writing area) · th ไวท์บอร์ด (large vertical writing area) · uk бі́ла до́шка (large vertical writing area) · it lavagna (large vertical writing area) · ko 백판 (large vertical writing area) · be бе́лая до́шка (large vertical writing area) · ur وائِٹ بورْڈ (large vertical writing area) · sh бијела табла (large vertical writing area) · ru доска́ (large vertical writing area) · sw ubao mweupe (large vertical writing area) · lt interaktyvioji lenta (collaborative tool) · sv skrivtavla (large vertical writing area) · sv whiteboard (large vertical writing area) · pl tablica suchościeralna (large vertical writing area) · ja 白板 (large vertical writing area) · uk до́шка (large vertical writing area) · fa-ira وایْتبُرْد (large vertical writing area) · yue 白板 (large vertical writing area) · fi valkotaulu (large vertical writing area) · el λευκοπίνακας (large vertical writing area) · pt quadro branco (large vertical writing area) · prs تَخْتِهٔ سَفید (large vertical writing area) · lo ກະດານຂາວ (large vertical writing area) · eu arbel zuri (large vertical writing area) · tg тахтаи сафед (large vertical writing area) · eo skribtabulo (large vertical writing area) · ja ホワイトボード (large vertical writing area) · cs bílá tabule (large vertical writing area) · es pizarra blanca (large vertical writing area) · de Whiteboard (large vertical writing area) · mk бела табла (large vertical writing area) · kw bord gwynn (large vertical writing area) · sh bela tabla (large vertical writing area) · hi व्हाइटबोर्ड (large vertical writing area) · ar سَبُورَة بَيْضَاء (large vertical writing area) · ga clár bán (large vertical writing area) · de Weißwandtafel (large vertical writing area) · fr tableau blanc (large vertical writing area) · sh бела табла (large vertical writing area) · pl tablica multimedialna (collaborative tool) · lt balta lenta (large vertical writing area) · fa-ira تَخْتِهٔ سِفید (large vertical writing area) · ro tablă (large vertical writing area) · es pizarra (large vertical writing area) · da whiteboard (large vertical writing area) · bg бя́ла дъска́ (large vertical writing area) · it lavagna bianca (large vertical writing area) · vi bảng trắng (large vertical writing area) · sk biela tabuľa (large vertical writing area) · be до́шка (large vertical writing area) · lv tāfele (large vertical writing area) · ru бе́лая доска́ (large vertical writing area) · nb whiteboard (large vertical writing area) · gd bòrd-geal (large vertical writing area) · km ក្ដារខៀនស (large vertical writing area) · th กระดานขาว (large vertical writing area) · ms papan putih (large vertical writing area) · qu pirqa qillqana (large vertical writing area) · hi वाइटबोर्ड (large vertical writing area) · sh bijela tabla (large vertical writing area) · pl tablica (large vertical writing area) · mi papamā (large vertical writing area) · tr beyaz tahta (large vertical writing area) · sl bela tabla (large vertical writing area) · sv vit tavla (large vertical writing area) · bn হোয়াইট বোর্ড (large vertical writing area)