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clipboard

[ klip-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a small board having at the top a clip for holding papers and serving as a portable writing surface.


clipboard

/ ˈɪˌɔː /

noun

  1. a portable writing board with a spring clip at the top for holding paper
  2. a temporary storage area in desktop publishing where text or graphics are held after the cut command or the copy command
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clipboard1

An Americanism dating back to 1905–10; clip 2 + board
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Example Sentences

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Wearing overalls and work boots, Gemperle walked through her orchard with a clipboard under her arm, stopping to check traps hung in the trees to monitor for almond-eating insects.

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Then they blend into the background on game day under headsets and behind clipboards.

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Most voters, she went on, aren’t wielding a clipboard and checking off issue boxes.

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“I honestly have no idea,” a worker with a clipboard and a walkie-talkie said when asked what they were shooting.

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Misinformation isn’t the only obstacle: As Diaz and her co-worker Ashley Jackson rounded the neighborhood one Wednesday, clipboards in hand, they faced locked gates and growling dogs.

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