photoboard

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noun

A large photograph mounted on a board used for display purposes.

OriginEnglish board ← Middle English bord ← Old English bord →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounphotoboard (plural photoboards)

plural photoboards

  1. A large photograph mounted on a board used for display purposes.
  2. One of a sequence of photos to outline scenes in a film in analogy to storyboards.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
  5. Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
  6. Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
  7. Englishphoto-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
  10. Ancient Greekγράφω (gráphō)
  11. Englishphotographclip.
  12. Englishphoto
  13. Proto-Germanic*burdą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*bord
  15. Old Englishbord
  16. Middle Englishbord
  17. Englishboard
  18. Englishphotoboard

From photo + board.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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