"whiteboard" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ [General-American] Forms: whiteboards [plural]
enPR: wītbôd [General-American], wītbôrd [General-American] Etymology: white + board, modelled on blackboard. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|board}} white + board, {{m|en|blackboard}} blackboard Head templates: {{en-noun}} whiteboard (plural whiteboards)
  1. A writing board finished with a hard white material, which can be written upon using special non-permanent markers and subsequently wiped clean. Translations (large vertical writing area): arbel zuri (Basque), бе́лая до́шка (bjélaja dóška) [feminine] (Belarusian), до́шка (dóška) (english: any colour) (Belarusian), бя́ла дъска́ (bjála dǎská) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pissarra blanca [feminine] (Catalan), 白板 (báibǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), bord gwynn [masculine] (Cornish), tabule (english: any colour) [feminine] (Czech), bílá tabule [feminine] (Czech), whiteboard (Danish), valkotaulu (Finnish), tableau (english: any colour) [masculine] (French), tableau blanc [masculine] (French), Tafel [feminine] (German), Weißwandtafel [feminine] (German), Whiteboard [neuter] (German), λευκοπίνακας (lefkopínakas) [masculine] (Greek), doska (Ingrian), clár bán [masculine] (Irish), lavagna [feminine] (Italian), lavagna bianca [feminine] (Italian), 白板 (hakuban) (alt: はくばん) (Japanese), ホワイトボード (howaitobōdo) (Japanese), ក្តារខៀនស (ktaakhiən-sɑɑ) (Khmer), 화이트보드 (hwaiteubodeu) (Korean), 백판 (baekpan) (alt: 白板) (Korean), tāfele (english: any color) [feminine] (Latvian), balta lenta [feminine] (Lithuanian), baltoji lenta [feminine] (Lithuanian), бела табла (bela tabla) [feminine] (Macedonian), papan putih (Malay), papamā (Maori), blianche plianche [feminine] (Norman), whiteboard [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tusjtavle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تخته وایت برد (taxte vâitbord) (Persian), biała tablica [feminine] (Polish), quadro branco [masculine] (Portuguese), pirqa qillqana (Quechua), tablă [feminine] (Romanian), доска́ (doská) (english: any colour) [feminine] (Russian), бе́лая доска́ (bélaja doská) [feminine] (Russian), bòrd-geal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), biela tabuľa [feminine] (Slovak), pizarra (english: any colour) [feminine] (Spanish), pizarra blanca [feminine] (Spanish), ubao mweupe (Swahili), vit tavla [common-gender] (Swedish), skrivtavla [common-gender] (Swedish), whiteboard [common-gender] (Swedish), тахтаи сафед (english: taxtayi safed) (Tajik), beyaz tahta (Turkish), бі́ла до́шка (bíla dóška) [feminine] (Ukrainian), до́шка (dóška) (english: any colour) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-whiteboard-en-noun-C3pR9jRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English karmadharaya compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 43 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 42 6 Disambiguation of English karmadharaya compounds: 51 39 10 Disambiguation of 'large vertical writing area': 83 17
  2. (by extension, computing) A collaborative tool allowing several users to write and draw on the same shared display. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Computing Translations (collaborative tool): interaktyvi lenta (Lithuanian), interaktyvioji lenta (Lithuanian)
    Sense id: en-whiteboard-en-noun-sskacDGM Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'collaborative tool': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Education Derived forms: interactive whiteboard, whiteboard marker, whiteboard pen Related terms: blackboard, chalkboard, imageboard
Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0

Verb

IPA: /ˈwaɪtbɔːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwaɪtbɔɹd/ [General-American] Forms: whiteboards [present, singular, third-person], whiteboarding [participle, present], whiteboarded [participle, past], whiteboarded [past]
enPR: wītbôd [General-American], wītbôrd [General-American] Etymology: white + board, modelled on blackboard. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|board}} white + board, {{m|en|blackboard}} blackboard Head templates: {{en-verb}} whiteboard (third-person singular simple present whiteboards, present participle whiteboarding, simple past and past participle whiteboarded)
  1. To use a whiteboard, to write on a writeboard
    Sense id: en-whiteboard-en-verb-SETBKsUW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Education
Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "word": "clár bán"
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "roman": "hakuban",
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "howaitobōdo",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "ホワイトボード"
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          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "ktaakhiən-sɑɑ",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "ក្តារខៀនស"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
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          "english": "any color",
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          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "word": "tāfele"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "balta lenta"
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          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bela tabla",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "бела табла"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "papan putih"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "papamā"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "blianche plianche"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "whiteboard"
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          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          ],
          "word": "tusjtavle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "taxte vâitbord",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "تخته وایت برد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "biała tablica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "quadro branco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "pirqa qillqana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tablă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "any colour",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "doská",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "доска́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bélaja doská",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "бе́лая доска́"
        },
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bòrd-geal"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "biela tabuľa"
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          "word": "pizarra"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "ubao mweupe"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "vit tavla"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "tg",
          "english": "taxtayi safed",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
          "word": "тахтаи сафед"
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          "_dis1": "83 17",
          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bíla dóška",
          "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "tags": [
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          "sense": "collaborative tool",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "taxte vâitbord",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "word": "تخته وایت برد"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biała tablica"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "quadro branco"
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      "code": "qu",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "tablă"
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bélaja doská",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "word": "бе́лая доска́"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bòrd-geal"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biela tabuľa"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
      "word": "ubao mweupe"
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "word": "vit tavla"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "sense": "large vertical writing area",
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      "roman": "bíla dóška",
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      "word": "бі́ла до́шка"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "collaborative tool",
      "word": "interaktyvi lenta"
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}

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    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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      "enpr": "wītbôd",
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