throwing board

Questions about throwing board

What is another word for throwing board?

It depends which throwing board you mean. In the sense “a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear”, the synonyms are throwing stick, spear thrower, dart thrower. Across all 1 sense there are 3 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of throwing board?

WordNet records no antonym for throwing board. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for throwing board come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of throwing board

• Full entry for throwing boardAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for throwing boardWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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