Word of the Day & Vocabulary logo

whiteboard

/ˈwaɪtbɔːd/noun

A board with a smooth white surface that you write on with erasable markers and can wipe clean afterward.

Example sentences

  • “The teacher sketched the diagram on the whiteboard.”
  • “Please erase the whiteboard at the end of class.”

Office jargon has turned it into a verb: to 'whiteboard' an idea is to sketch it out roughly in a meeting.

Related words