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

Examples of bulletin board in a Sentence

Our teacher put our pictures up on the bulletin board.
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Some Patriots fans took the jab as bulletin board material, with Payton assuring a win. Matt Schooley, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026 And then there are the Joy-Con mouse controls, which are available when decorating interiors, creating custom designs, and writing messages on the bulletin board. Kallie Plagge, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2026 Consider a wall panel that sort of looks like a bulletin board, but one that knows style, and gives you plenty of space for an entire outfit. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 15 Jan. 2026 What does that gas station bulletin board say? Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025 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.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bulletin%20board. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.

Kids Definition

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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