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  • noun A portable surface on which a game is played, and which is marked for play of that game.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

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Examples

  • The gameboard is a representation of the entire tournament, including both the group stages as well as the knockout rounds.

    Boardgame News 2009

  • Why is it that when the political left is confronted with reasoned disagreement they act like a spoiled child who kicks the gameboard over and runs away to the comfort of mommy.

    Whole Foods Boycott 2009

  • Watching Randall do a faceplant on the gameboard on Survivor last night was a bit scary.

    2009 October : Bev Vincent 2009

  • I get WAY mad sometimes because I feel like I'm the one always waiting for something to happen or someone to roll the dice so I can get to the next space on the gameboard.

    When I Want It To Be His Fault - SpouseBUZZ 2009

  • The gameboard needs to unfold from being folded up for months.

    This weekend nathreee 2010

  • The gameboard needs to unfold from being folded up for months.

    This weekend nathreee 2010

  • Watching Randall do a faceplant on the gameboard on Survivor last night was a bit scary.

    On the shelf : Bev Vincent 2009

  • PEOPLE stop allowing the Right Wing Media, GOP play us like chess pieces on a gameboard ....

    Obama touts financial reform, says GOP stance 'deceptive' 2010

  • It seems the principal conditions for HPM are to unite all active parties and politicians to get common political consensus from inside and outside of the power-gameboard to deal with the issue of the peace and constitution building process.

    Printing: Politics on Peace and Constitution in Nepal 2010

  • It seems the principal conditions for HPM are to unite all active parties and politicians to get common political consensus from inside and outside of the power-gameboard to deal with the issue of the peace and constitution building process.

    Politics on Peace and Constitution in Nepal 2010

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