Synonyms:
blackboard, chalkboard
Meaning: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk
Usage examples
"Oh, you'll hear about it soon...I must catch Effie now and drag her back to the blackboard."
"Do you mean--are you going to give me--lessons?" Through his mind flashed a picture of the Phoenix (with spectacles on its beak and a ruler in its wing) writing out sentences on a blackboard.
(b) Even, however, with respect to the lessons which have to be learned by the application of "mind," some bodily activities have to be used. The senses--especially the eye and ear--have to be employed to take in what the book, the map, the blackboard, and the teacher say.