corkboard

American  

[kawrk-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈkɔrkˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /

noun

1. an insulating material made of compressed cork, used in building, for industrial purposes, etc.

2. a bulletin board made of this material.

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corkboard British  

/ ˈkɔːkˌbɔːd /

noun

1. a thin slab made of granules of cork, used as a floor or wall finish and as an insulator

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Etymology

Origin of corkboard

First recorded in 1890–95; cork + board

Example Sentences

“Queerness is no crime, Transness is no crime,” read a Post-it note attached to the brown corkboard.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

It does not report on what the fans are saying but instead identifies Marks herself as the fan with the corkboard and red string.

From Slate • Jan. 10, 2024

The Wi-Fi password, posted on a corkboard in the lobby next to Christmas photos from the club’s “incarcerated homies,” is “BlackLiberation.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2023

I pin the pages of my outline to the corkboard, and I’m ready to go.

From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2023

A sign to the left read main office, and a corkboard next to it listed the graduating seniors’ college destinations: Yale, Penn, Harvard, Brown, Williams, Princeton, Swarthmore, Dartmouth, Stanford.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart