bulletin board

noun

1
: a board for posting notices (as at a school or workplace)
2
: a public online forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board
The aptly-named contributors to Reddit, the online bulletin board and social sharing platform, got "first dibs" at company shares when Reddit made its IPO …—Laura Rodini

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Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.
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Pockets of vulnerability A measles advisory is shown tacked to a bulletin board outside Gaines County Courthouse in Seminole, Texas, April 9, 2025. — Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 These spaces often keep bulletin boards or lists of creative meetups. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 At the Residencias Caribe housing complex, families, firefighters and volunteers have set up a bulletin board to keep track of who likely remains under the concrete. — CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Some of that is coach speak and Dykes wanting to avoid give bulletin board material to a defense in need of a confidence boost. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bulletin board

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of bulletin board was in 1827

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bulletin board

noun
1
: a board for posting notices (as at a school)
2
: a place on a computer network (as the Internet) where people can leave or read public messages
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