surfboard

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UK/ˈsɜːfˌbɔːd/US/ˈsɝfˌbɔɹd/

noun

A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

“One shark attacked the surfboard.”

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Meanings

nounsurfboard (plural surfboards)

plural surfboards

  1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

    One shark attacked the surfboard.

    Synonyms: surfbort

verbsurfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

present singular third person surfboards · participle present surfboarding · participle past surfboarded · past surfboarded

  1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

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More synonyms by meaning

verbride the waves of the sea with a surfboard

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surf
Broader
glide
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surf

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From surf + board.

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Translations

Afrikaans branderplank
  • branderplanka shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Catalan planxa de surf
  • planxa de surfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Chinese Mandarin 衝浪板 /冲浪板
  • 衝浪板 /冲浪板 (chōnglàngbǎn)a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Czech surfovací prkno
  • surfovací prknoa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Dutch surfplank
  • surfplanka shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Finnish lainelauta, surffilauta
  • lainelautaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • surffilautaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
French planche de surf
  • planche de surfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
German Surfbrett, Wellenreiterbrett
  • Surfbretta shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • Wellenreiterbretta shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Hawaiian papa heʻe nalu
  • papa heʻe nalua shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Hungarian szörfdeszka
  • szörfdeszkaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Irish clár toinne, tonnchlár
  • clár toinnea shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • tonnchlára shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Italian tavola per surfing, tavola da surf
  • tavola per surfinga shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • tavola da surfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Japanese サーフボード
  • サーフボード (sāfubōdo)a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Korean 서프보드
  • 서프보드 (seopeubodeu)a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Māori kōpapa, papaheke
  • kōpapaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • papahekea shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Polish deska surfingowa
  • deska surfingowaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Portuguese prancha
  • pranchaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Romanian surf
  • surfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Russian доска́ для сёрфинга
  • доска́ для сёрфинга (doská dlja sjórfinga)a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Spanish tabla de surf, tabla hawaiana
  • tabla de surfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • tabla hawaianaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Swedish surfbräda, surfbräde
  • surfbrädaa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • surfbrädea shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Thai กระดานโต้คลื่น
  • กระดานโต้คลื่น (grà-daan-dtôo-klʉ̂ʉn)a shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Turkish sörf
  • sörfa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Vietnamese ván lướt sóng
  • ván lướt sónga shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Welsh bwrdd syrddio, astell feiston
  • bwrdd syrddioa shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
  • astell feistona shaped waterproof plank used to surf on waves
Cite this entry
APA

surfboard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfboard

MLA

“surfboard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfboard. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surfboard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surfboard.

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