geoboard

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noun

A board with nails or pegs around which elastic bands can be looped in order to explore concepts in geometry.

OriginEnglish board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord →
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Meanings

noungeoboard (plural geoboards)

plural geoboards

  1. A board with nails or pegs around which elastic bands can be looped in order to explore concepts in geometry.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  15. Old Englishbord
  16. Middle Englishbord
  17. Englishboard
  18. Englishgeoboard

Blend of geometry + board.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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