GAMEBOARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gameboard mean? 

• GAMEBOARD (noun)
  The noun GAMEBOARD has 1 sense:

1. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

  Familiarity information: GAMEBOARD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAMEBOARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

board; gameboard

Context example:

he got out the board and set up the pieces

Hypernyms ("gameboard" is a kind of...):

surface (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gameboard"):

backgammon board (the board on which backgammon is played)

checker board; checkerboard (a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors)

cribbage board (a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage)

dart board; dartboard (a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts)

go board (a board used for playing go)

monopoly board (a board used for playing monopoly)

Ouija; Ouija board (a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages)

pegboard (a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted)

punchboard (a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize)