control board

1. 1.

   electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

   “he checked the instrument panel”

   “suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree”

   Synonymscontrol panelinstrument panelboardpanel

   Broaderelectrical device

   Narrowerdashboard

   Partsidiot light

Questions about control board

What does control board mean?

control board means "electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices".

What is another word for control board?

Close synonyms include control panel, instrument panel, board, panel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is control board a common word?

control board is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.