CARRYFORWARD | • carryforward n. (Accounting, taxation) An income tax loss or credit not usable in the current year that can be applied… • carry␣forward v. (Idiomatic, accounting, of a balance) To transfer to a new page, column, ledger, or similar entity. • carry␣forward v. (Idiomatic, accounting, of an operating loss or other legal credit) To apply to the taxable income of… |
CHECKERBOARD | • checkerboard n. A pattern of squares of alternating colours. • checkerboard n. A board, usually square, covered with such a pattern; especially such a board with 8×8 squares, used… • checkerboard n. (Film) A style of negative cutting that avoids visible splice marks. |
CHEQUERBOARD | • chequerboard n. Alternative spelling of checkerboard. • chequerboard v. Alternative spelling of checkerboard. • CHEQUERBOARD n. a board for playing chequers. |
CHIMNEYBOARD | • CHIMNEYBOARD n. a board blocking up a fireplace. |
CLAPPERBOARD | • clapperboard n. (Film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap… • clapper␣board n. (Film) Alternative form of clapperboard. • CLAPPERBOARD n. a hinged board (or a set of hinged boards) clapped together in front of the camera before or after shooting a piece of film, to help synchronize sound and vision. |
DRAUGHTBOARD | • draughtboard n. A checkerboard used to play draughts. • DRAUGHTBOARD n. a board for the playing of draughts. |
FLANNELBOARD | • flannelboard n. Synonym: flannelgraph. • FLANNELBOARD n. a teaching aid consisting of a board covered with flannel. |
FLASHFORWARD | • flashforward n. (Authorship) A dramatic device in which a future event is inserted into the normal chronological flow of a narrative. • flashforward v. To use this dramatic device. • flash␣forward v. (Of a memory or vision) To move forward in time. |
FLUTTERBOARD | • flutterboard n. (US) A buoyancy board made of foam, used to support the body when in water. • FLUTTERBOARD n. a kind of swimming aid, a kickboard. |
HENCEFORWARD | • henceforward adv. From now on; from this time on. • HENCEFORWARD adv. from this time on, also HENCEFORWARDS. |
PLASTERBOARD | • plasterboard n. A construction material consisting of a rigid panel of several layers of fibreboard or paper bonded to a gypsum core. • plasterboard v. (Transitive) To fit or reinforce with plasterboard. • PLASTERBOARD n. a thin rigid board, in the form of a layer of plaster compressed between two layers of fibreboard, used to form or cover walls. |
SCRAPERBOARD | • scraperboard n. (Art) scratchboard. • SCRAPERBOARD n. a clay-surface board on which drawings can be made by scraping tints off as well as applying them. |
SCRATCHBOARD | • scratchboard n. (Art) A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin… • SCRATCHBOARD n. a scraperboard. |
SCRIEVEBOARD | • scrieve␣board n. A large section of floor in the mold loft, on which the lines of the body plan are scribed or cut with a knife. • SCRIEVEBOARD n. a shipbuilder's drawing board, also SCRIVEBOARD. |
SHUFFLEBOARD | • shuffleboard n. (Uncountable) A game that involves sliding a puck or coin towards a target. • shuffleboard n. (Countable) The long, narrow board on which this game is played. • SHUFFLEBOARD n. an old game in which a coin or other disc was driven along a table by the hand, also SHOVELBOARD. |
WEATHERBOARD | • weatherboard n. (Nautical) The windward side of a vessel. • weatherboard n. (Nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water. • weatherboard n. Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard. |