clipboard

noun

clip·​board ˈklip-ˌbȯrd 

1

: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers

2

: a section of computer memory that temporarily stores data (such as text or a graphics image) especially to facilitate its movement or duplication

Examples of clipboard in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web

No ejections, fines, suspensions or smashed clipboards. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025

That included a flagrant foul for grabbing Caleb Grill’s arm on the same play coach Nate Oats drew a technical for spiking his clipboard. —Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2025

Panels to add different kinds, like a weather panel, a reminders panel, or a clipboard panel. —Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025

Tom Izzo has done this forever, beginning when glaciers shaped the valleys and basins that carved this state’s landscape, depositing rocks, sand, clay and clipboards. —Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 22 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for clipboard

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword

Kids Definition

clipboard

noun

clip·​board ˈklip-ˌbō(ə)rd 

-ˌbȯ(ə)rd

1

: a small board with a clip at the top for holding papers

2

: a part of computer memory used to store data temporarily