blackboard | meaning of blackboard in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English | LDOCE

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Educationblackboardblack‧board /ˈblækbɔːd $ -bɔːrd/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]     SEa board with a dark smooth surface, used in schools for writing on with chalk → whiteboardExamples from the Corpusblackboard• And through another he saw a classroom with lots of tiny desks and a blackboard at one end.• The screen becomes an individualised blackboard for each child.• Nailed to the wall was a large blackboard with a compartment for chalk attached to it.• Mathematicians scribble equations on blackboards and program supercomputers to make the billions of calculations needed to break a tough code.• Compatibility between components was ensured by using a structurally uniform global database, the blackboard.• Periodically he will explain a rule or illustrate its use on the blackboard.• Table 9. 1 illustrates how your blackboard might look.