"chalkboard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːk.bɔː(ɹ)d/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chalkboard.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-chalkboard.wav [US] Forms: chalkboards [plural]
enPR: chôk Etymology: From chalk + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chalk|board}} chalk + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} chalkboard (plural chalkboards)
  1. A slate or enamel board for writing on with chalk; a predecessor to a whiteboard. Synonyms: blackboard Hypernyms: writing board Derived forms: like fingernails on a chalkboard, nails on a chalkboard Related terms: whiteboard Translations (slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard): سَبُورَة (sabūra) [feminine] (Arabic), لَوْح (lawḥ) [masculine] (Arabic), таҡта (taqta) (Bashkir), до́шка (dóška) [feminine] (Belarusian), дъска́ (dǎská) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 烏板 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 乌板 (o͘-pán) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 黑板 (hak¹ baan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 黑板 (hēibǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), tabule [feminine] (Czech), 黑板 (háik-bēng) (Eastern Min Chinese), kretotabulo (english: classroom) (Esperanto), skribardezo (english: small-sized board in a bar or restaurant) (Esperanto), liitutaulu (Finnish), tableau noir (english: classroom) [masculine] (French), ardoise (english: small-sized board in a bar or restaurant) (French), 黑板 (english: het⁶ 'ban³) (Gan Chinese), Wandtafel [feminine] (German), Tafel [feminine] (German), μαυροπίνακα (mavropínaka) [feminine] (Greek), चॉकबोर्ड (cŏkborḍ) (Hindi), doska (Ingrian), cailc-chlár [masculine] (Irish), clár cailc [masculine] (Irish), lavagna [feminine] (Italian), 黒板 (kokuban) (alt: こくばん) (Japanese), 黑板 (heh⁴ ban²) (Jin Chinese), ក្ដារខៀន (kdaa khiən) (Khmer), 칠판 (chilpan) (alt: 漆板) (Korean), tāfele [feminine] (Latvian), kreidinė lenta [feminine] (Lithuanian), табла (tabla) [feminine] (Macedonian), 黑板 (hă̤-bǎing) (Northern Min Chinese), tablica [feminine] (Polish), lousa [feminine] (Portuguese), quadro [masculine] (Portuguese), quadro-negro [masculine] (Portuguese), quadro de giz [masculine] (Portuguese), pirqa qillqana (Quechua), tablă [feminine] (Romanian), доска́ (doská) [feminine] (Russian), labagna [feminine] (Sassarese), preddabàina [feminine] (Sassarese), preddabainizza [feminine] (Sassarese), та́бла [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tábla [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tabuľa [feminine] (Slovak), tabla [feminine] (Slovene), pizarra [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), pizarrón [Latin-America, masculine] (Spanish), tablero [Colombia, masculine] (Spanish), svart tavla [common-gender] (Swedish), pisara (Tagalog), กระดาน (grà-daan) (Thai), tebeşir tahtası (Turkish), до́шка (dóška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), چاک بورْڈ (cāk borḍ) (Urdu), bảng đen (Vietnamese), bảng phấn (Vietnamese), 黑板 (⁷heq-pe) (Wu Chinese), pátákò-ìkọ̀wé (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-chalkboard-en-noun-D1ptneFM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13

Verb

IPA: /t͡ʃɔːk.bɔː(ɹ)d/ [Received-Pronunciation], /t͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-chalkboard.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-chalkboard.wav [US] Forms: chalkboards [present, singular, third-person], chalkboarding [participle, present], chalkboarded [participle, past], chalkboarded [past]
enPR: chôk Etymology: From chalk + board. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|chalk|board}} chalk + board Head templates: {{en-verb}} chalkboard (third-person singular simple present chalkboards, present participle chalkboarding, simple past and past participle chalkboarded)
  1. To write or draw on a chalkboard.
    Sense id: en-chalkboard-en-verb-TqFnRg~K

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for chalkboard meaning in English (13.6kB)

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  "etymology_text": "From chalk + board.",
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      ]
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          "word": "like fingernails on a chalkboard"
        },
        {
          "word": "nails on a chalkboard"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "sabūra",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "سَبُورَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "lawḥ",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "لَوْح"
        },
        {
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "taqta",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "таҡта"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "dóška",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "до́шка"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dǎská",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дъска́"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "hak¹ baan²",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "cdo",
          "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
          "roman": "háik-bēng",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "gan",
          "english": "het⁶ 'ban³",
          "lang": "Gan Chinese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "烏板"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "o͘-pán",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "乌板"
        },
        {
          "code": "cjy",
          "lang": "Jin Chinese",
          "roman": "heh⁴ ban²",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hēibǎn",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnp",
          "lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
          "roman": "hă̤-bǎing",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "roman": "⁷heq-pe",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黑板"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tabule"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "english": "classroom",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "kretotabulo"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "english": "small-sized board in a bar or restaurant",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "skribardezo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "liitutaulu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "classroom",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tableau noir"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "english": "small-sized board in a bar or restaurant",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "ardoise"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wandtafel"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tafel"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mavropínaka",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μαυροπίνακα"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "cŏkborḍ",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "चॉकबोर्ड"
        },
        {
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "doska"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cailc-chlár"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clár cailc"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lavagna"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こくばん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kokuban",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "黒板"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kdaa khiən",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "ក្ដារខៀន"
        },
        {
          "alt": "漆板",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chilpan",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "칠판"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tāfele"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kreidinė lenta"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "tabla",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "табла"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tablica"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lousa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadro-negro"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadro de giz"
        },
        {
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "pirqa qillqana"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tablă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doská",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доска́"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "labagna"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preddabàina"
        },
        {
          "code": "sdc",
          "lang": "Sassarese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "preddabainizza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "та́бла"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tábla"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tabuľa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tabla"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Spain",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pizarra"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Latin-America",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pizarrón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "Colombia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "tablero"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "svart tavla"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "pisara"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "grà-daan",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "กระดาน"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "tebeşir tahtası"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dóška",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "до́шка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "cāk borḍ",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "چاک بورْڈ"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "bảng đen"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "bảng phấn"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
          "word": "pátákò-ìkọ̀wé"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From chalk + board.",
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "chalkboarding",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "chalkboarded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "chalkboarded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Marla Cilley, The CHAOS Cure",
          "text": "If you live in a home where painting walls isn't permitted, chalkboarding is still an option for you.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d/",
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      "enpr": "chôk"
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}
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "like fingernails on a chalkboard"
    },
    {
      "word": "nails on a chalkboard"
    }
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      "tags": [
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          "slate"
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          "enamel",
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      "word": "blackboard"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sabūra",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "سَبُورَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "lawḥ",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "لَوْح"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "taqta",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "таҡта"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "dóška",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dǎská",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дъска́"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "hak¹ baan²",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cdo",
      "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "háik-bēng",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "gan",
      "english": "het⁶ 'ban³",
      "lang": "Gan Chinese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "烏板"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "o͘-pán",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "乌板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cjy",
      "lang": "Jin Chinese",
      "roman": "heh⁴ ban²",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hēibǎn",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnp",
      "lang": "Northern Min Chinese",
      "roman": "hă̤-bǎing",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁷heq-pe",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黑板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tabule"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "classroom",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "kretotabulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "english": "small-sized board in a bar or restaurant",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "skribardezo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "liitutaulu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "classroom",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tableau noir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "small-sized board in a bar or restaurant",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "ardoise"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wandtafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tafel"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mavropínaka",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαυροπίνακα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "cŏkborḍ",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "चॉकबोर्ड"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "doska"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cailc-chlár"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clár cailc"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lavagna"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こくばん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kokuban",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "黒板"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kdaa khiən",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "ក្ដារខៀន"
    },
    {
      "alt": "漆板",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chilpan",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "칠판"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tāfele"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kreidinė lenta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tabla",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "табла"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tablica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lousa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quadro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quadro-negro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "quadro de giz"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "pirqa qillqana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tablă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "doská",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доска́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "labagna"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preddabàina"
    },
    {
      "code": "sdc",
      "lang": "Sassarese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preddabainizza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "та́бла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tábla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tabuľa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tabla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pizarra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pizarrón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "Colombia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tablero"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "svart tavla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "pisara"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "grà-daan",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "กระดาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "tebeşir tahtası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dóška",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "до́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "cāk borḍ",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "چاک بورْڈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "bảng đen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "bảng phấn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "slate board for writing on with chalk — see also blackboard",
      "word": "pátákò-ìkọ̀wé"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chalkboard"
}

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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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          "text": "If you live in a home where painting walls isn't permitted, chalkboarding is still an option for you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To write or draw on a chalkboard."
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/t͡ʃɔk.bɔː(ɹ)d/",
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      "tags": [
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  "word": "chalkboard"
}

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