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WordBand 5–6Toofey picks
blackboard
/ˈblækbɔːd/
noun
A dark board that teachers write on with chalk.
- “The teacher drew a diagram on the blackboard.”Toofey
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Source: Written for Toofey (original); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))