"gameboard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡeɪm.bɔːd/ [UK], /ˈɡeɪm.bɔɹd/ [US] Forms: gameboards [plural]
Etymology: game + board Etymology templates: {{compound|en|game|board}} game + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} gameboard (plural gameboards)
  1. (board games) A portable surface marked for playing a game, and on which the counters or other pieces are placed and moved. Categories (topical): Board games Translations (portable surface on which a game is played): pelilauta (Finnish), tablier [masculine] (French), abacus [masculine] (Latin), хөлөг (xölög) (Mongolian), plansza [feminine] (Polish), spelplan [common-gender] (Swedish), spelbräde [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gameboard-en-noun-v~psyiBC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'portable surface on which a game is played': 91 9
  2. (video games) The playfield. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-gameboard-en-noun-xVsH7KxZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: board, game board Hyponyms: checkerboard, chessboard Related terms: board game, game, gaming board

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