bulletin board

noun

A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.

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nounbulletin board (plural bulletin boards)

plural bulletin boards

  1. A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.

    Somewhere near Fillmore she found the symbol tacked to the bulletin board of a laundromat, among other scraps of paper offering cheap ironing and baby sitters.

    1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 90
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    It should come as no surprise to see promotional material and bulletin boards in the department’s languages, though English is also present in the signage of this microcosm of the institution.

    2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 5

    Synonyms: notice board, pinboard

  2. abbreviationellipsiscomputingEllipsis of bulletin board system.

    Some bulletin board subscribers can now dial up displays for their IBM PC or PC XT in living color—and see the results in less than a second.

    1984 September 3, Judith Walters von Alten, “Color for Bulletin Boards”, in InfoWorld, volume 6, number 6, InfoWorld Media Group, →ISSN, page 35

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest

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bulletin board systemelectronic bulletin boardbbs

nouna board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Afrikaans kennisgewingbord
  • kennisgewingborda board
Arabic لَوْحَة إِعْلَانَات
  • لَوْحَة إِعْلَانَات (lawḥat ʔiʕlānāt)a board
Bengali বুলেটিন বোর্ড, নোটিশ বোর্ড
  • বুলেটিন বোর্ড (buleṭin bōrḍo)a board
  • নোটিশ বোর্ড (nōṭiś bōrḍo)a board
Bulgarian табло́ за обя́ви
  • табло́ за обя́ви (tabló za objávi)a board
Catalan taulell d’anuncis
  • taulell d’anuncisa board
Chinese Cantonese 壁報板 /壁报板
  • 壁報板 /壁报板 (bik¹ bou³ baan²)a board
Chinese Mandarin 揭示板, 佈告欄 /布告栏
  • 揭示板 (jiēshìbǎn)a board
  • 佈告欄 /布告栏 (bùgàolán)a board
Czech nástěnka
  • nástěnkaa board
Danish opslagstavle
  • opslagstavlea board
Dutch prikbord
  • prikborda board
Esperanto anonctabulo
  • anonctabuloa board
Estonian teadetetahvel, tahvel
  • teadetetahvela board
  • tahvela board
  • infotahvela board
Finnish ilmoitustaulu
  • ilmoitustaulua board
French panneau d'affichage, babillard
  • panneau d'affichagea board
  • babillarda board
German Schwarzes Brett, Pinnwand
  • Schwarzes Bretta board
  • Pinnwanda board
  • Korkwanda board
  • Anschlagtafela board
  • Anschlagbretta board
Hebrew לוּחַ מוֹדָעוֹת
  • לוּחַ מוֹדָעוֹת (luákh moda'ót)a board
Hindi बुलेटिन बोर्ड, नोटिस बोर्ड
  • बुलेटिन बोर्ड (buleṭin borḍ)a board
  • नोटिस बोर्ड (noṭis borḍ)a board
Hungarian hirdetőtábla, faliújság
  • hirdetőtáblaa board
  • faliújsága board
Indonesian papan pengumuman
  • papan pengumumana board
Italian bacheca
  • bachecaa board
Japanese 掲示板
  • 掲示板 (keijiban)a board
Korean 게시판
  • 게시판 (gesipan)a board
Latvian ziņojumu dēlis
  • ziņojumu dēlisa board
Lithuanian skelbimų lenta
  • skelbimų lentaa board
Malay papan kenyataan
  • papan kenyataana board
Māori papa whakaaturanga, papa whakaatu
  • papa whakaaturangaa board
  • papa whakaatua board
  • papa pānuia board
Polish tablica ogłoszeń
  • tablica ogłoszeńa board
Portuguese quadro de avisos
  • quadro de avisosa board
Romanian avizier
  • aviziera board
Russian доска́ объявле́ний
  • доска́ объявле́ний (doská obʺjavlénij)a board
Slovak nástenka
  • nástenkaa board
Spanish tablón de anuncios, cartelera
  • tablón de anunciosa board
  • carteleraa board
  • tablero de anunciosa board
Swedish anslagstavla
  • anslagstavlaa board
Tagalog paskilan
  • paskilana board
Thai กระดานข่าว
  • กระดานข่าว (grà-daan-kàao)a board
Turkish pano, bülten tahtası
  • panoa board
  • bülten tahtasıa board
Ukrainian до́шка оголо́шень
  • до́шка оголо́шень (dóška oholóšenʹ)a board
Urdu بُلِٹِن بورْڈ, نوٹِس بورْڈ
  • بُلِٹِن بورْڈ (buliṭin borḍ)a board
  • نوٹِس بورْڈ (noṭis borḍ)a board
Vietnamese bảng công báo, bảng tin
  • bảng công báoa board
  • bảng tina board
Welsh hysbysfwrdd
  • hysbysfwrdda board
Cite this entry
APA

bulletin board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletin%20board

MLA

“bulletin board.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bulletin%20board. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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