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Whiteboard

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCore term

In office & administration, whiteboard means: A smooth board for writing notes or diagrams with special markers and erasing them easily.

In Turkish: yazı tahtası

How it is used

Used in meetings, training, and planning sessions for quick notes, timelines, task lists, and visual explanations.

Example sentences

  1. During the budget meeting, Sara drew the approval steps on the whiteboard so everyone could see the process clearly.

    Here, the term is the shared surface used to display a process visually for the whole group during discussion.

  2. Could you clean the whiteboard after the training session, or tomorrow’s team will see last week’s notes?

    In this sentence, the term refers to reusable meeting equipment that must be cleared between sessions.

Common collocations

  • whiteboard marker
  • whiteboard notes
  • interactive whiteboard
  • stationeryPaper, envelopes, pens, staples, folders and other writing materials used in an office; also paper printed with a company's name and logo.
  • sticky noteA small square of coloured paper with glue along one edge, so it can be stuck on surfaces and removed easily; used for short notes and reminders.

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