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gameboard

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Noun1.gameboardgameboard - a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
backgammon board - the board on which backgammon is played
checker board, checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
cribbage board - a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage
dart board, dartboard - a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
go board - a board used for playing go
monopoly board - a board used for playing monopoly
Ouija, Ouija board - a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages
pegboard - a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted
punchboard - a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize
surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"


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Alongside engravings of a native ax and hoe there are images of an "African Fiddle" (more accurately a harp-lute with a whole carved figure on the back); a "Walle-Bowl" (a carved wooden gameboard for the African game of warri or mankala); and an "African Goddess" (a sculpted naked female figure sitting atop a stool or column).
I put a gameboard up on the bulletin board, such as Candyland or Monopoly.
But when politics is played on the world gameboard, the outcome is never clear.
 
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