"showboard" meaning in English

See showboard in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: showboards [plural]
Etymology: From show + board. Etymology templates: {{com|en|show|board}} show + board Head templates: {{en-noun}} showboard (plural showboards)
  1. (rare) A board used for display purposes. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-showboard-en-noun-eCrqsIad Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "show",
        "3": "board"
      },
      "expansion": "show + board",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From show + board.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "showboards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "showboard (plural showboards)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre, AIMSSEC Maths Teacher Support Series Mathematical Thinking in the Lower Secondary Classroom (page 112)",
          "text": "Write each word on the board. For each, ask the learners to draw it on a showboard, then ask one learner to describe what makes that shape special (or ask a learner to come to main board and draw the shape)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A board used for display purposes."
      ],
      "id": "en-showboard-en-noun-eCrqsIad",
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare) A board used for display purposes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "showboard"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "show",
        "3": "board"
      },
      "expansion": "show + board",
      "name": "com"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From show + board.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "showboards",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "showboard (plural showboards)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English compound terms",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2016, African Institute for Mathematical Sciences Schools Enrichment Centre, AIMSSEC Maths Teacher Support Series Mathematical Thinking in the Lower Secondary Classroom (page 112)",
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        }
      ],
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        "A board used for display purposes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "display",
          "display"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare) A board used for display purposes."
      ],
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        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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