bread·board
ˈbred-ˌbȯrd
variants
or less commonly bread board
plural breadboards also bread boards
1
: a board designed for working dough or for cutting or serving bread
With towels around their middles and their hair tucked up, Grandma and Mary Alice rolled out endless pastry on big breadboards.—Richard Peck
On a large round breadboard beside Mrs. Plunkett there were several kinds of bread, which she cut very slowly …—William Trevor
2
: a board on which mounted components are breadboarded
Yamakawa developed an ignition system to maximize efficiency while using the least amount of gasoline. He created it as a breadboard (an assembly of separate transistors, capacitors, and other electronic parts), but was unable to fuse them together on a chip before the money ran out.—Daniel McNeill et al.
breadboarded; breadboarding; breadboards
: to make an experimental arrangement of (something, such as an electronic circuit or a mechanical system) to test feasibility
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“Breadboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/breadboard. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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