clipboard

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noun

A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.

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Meanings

nounclipboard (plural clipboards)

plural clipboards · alternative clip board

  1. A flat piece of rigid material, such as card or plastic, with a clip at one end under which papers can be held.
  2. computingA buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.
verbclipboard (third-person singular simple present clipboards, present participle clipboarding, simple past and past participle clipboarded)

present singular third person clipboards · participle present clipboarding · participle past clipboarded · past clipboarded

  1. transitiveTo attach to a clipboard.

Origin

From clip + board.

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Translations

Arabic حَافِظَة
  • حَافِظَة (ḥāfiẓa)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Catalan porta-retalls
  • porta-retallsin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Chinese Mandarin 剪貼板 /剪贴板, 剪貼板 /剪贴板
  • 剪貼板 /剪贴板 (jiǎntiēbǎn)physical object
  • 剪貼板 /剪贴板 (jiǎntiēbǎn)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • 剪貼簿 /剪贴簿 (jiǎntiēbù)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Czech podložka se sponou, schránka
  • podložka se sponouphysical object
  • schránkain computing: buffer for temporary storage
Dutch klembord, klembord
  • klembordphysical object
  • klembordin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Esperanto poŝo, tondujo
  • poŝophysical object
  • tondujophysical object
  • pinĉtabulophysical object
  • poŝoin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • tondujoin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • tondobufroin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Finnish leikepöytä, leikepöytä
  • leikepöytäphysical object
  • leikepöytäin computing: buffer for temporary storage
French planchette à pince, presse-papiers
  • planchette à pincephysical object
  • presse-papiersin computing: buffer for temporary storage
German Klemmbrett, Zwischenablage
  • Klemmbrettphysical object
  • Zwischenablagein computing: buffer for temporary storage
Greek πρόχειρο
  • πρόχειρο (prócheiro)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Hungarian felírótábla, vágólap
  • felírótáblaphysical object
  • vágólapin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Icelandic skrifbretti, klemmuspjald
  • skrifbrettiphysical object
  • klemmuspjaldin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Indonesian papan kerani, papan klip
  • papan keraniphysical object
  • papan klipin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • papan tempelin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • papan keraniin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Irish fáisc-chlár, gearrthaisce
  • fáisc-chlárphysical object
  • gearrthaiscein computing: buffer for temporary storage
Italian portablocco, appunti
  • portabloccophysical object
  • appuntiin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Japanese クリップボード, クリップボード
  • クリップボード (kurippubōdo)physical object
  • クリップボード (kurippubōdo)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Korean 클립보드
  • 클립보드 (keullipbodeu)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Malay papan klip, papan keratan
  • papan klipin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • papan keratanin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • ڤاڤن کرتن (papan keratan)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • ڤاڤن کليڤ (papan klip)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Māori paparawhi, papatopenga
  • paparawhiphysical object
  • papatopengain computing: buffer for temporary storage
Persian کلیپ بورد
  • کلیپ بورد (kelip bord)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Polish schowek
  • schowekin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Portuguese prancheta, área de transferência
  • pranchetaphysical object
  • área de transferênciain computing: buffer for temporary storage
Russian планше́т с зажи́мом, клипборд
  • планше́т с зажи́мом (planšét s zažímom)physical object
  • клипборд (klipbord)physical object
  • карма́н (karmán)physical object
  • бу́фер обме́на (búfer obména)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • карма́н (karmán)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Spanish portapapeles, portapapeles
  • portapapelesphysical object
  • portapapelesin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Swedish skrivplatta, urklipp
  • skrivplattaphysical object
  • urklippin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Thai คลิปบอร์ด
  • คลิปบอร์ดin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Turkish sekreterlik, ara bellek
  • sekreterlikphysical object
  • ara bellekin computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • ara hafızain computing: buffer for temporary storage
  • panoin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Ukrainian канцеля́рський планше́т, бу́фер о́бміну
  • канцеля́рський планше́т (kanceljársʹkyj planšét)physical object
  • бу́фер о́бміну (búfer óbminu)in computing: buffer for temporary storage
Vietnamese bảng tạm
  • bảng tạmin computing: buffer for temporary storage
Welsh clipfwrdd
  • clipfwrddphysical object
Cite this entry
APA

clipboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clipboard

MLA

“clipboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clipboard. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clipboard,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clipboard.

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