"Ouija board" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Ouija board.wav Forms: Ouija boards [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Ouija board (plural Ouija boards)
  1. (aviation) A tabletop model of the individual aircraft and their locations on a carrier. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-Ouija_board-en-noun-sncjbnDp Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. Synonym of Ouija (“a board used to try to communicate with spirits”). Synonyms: Ouija [synonym, synonym-of], ouija board
    Sense id: en-Ouija_board-en-noun-sjDleZwg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 83

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