Standard Lemma guide

dashboard

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdæʃˌbɔːd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [ˈdæʃˌbɔːd]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdæʃˌboɹd/
  • General-American: [ˈdæʃˌboɹd]
  • General-American: /ˈdæʃˌbɔɹd/
  • General-American: [ˈdæʃˌbɔɹd]
  • CMU ARPABET: D AE1 SH B AO2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An upturned screen of wood or leather placed on the front of a horse-drawn carriage, sleigh or other vehicle that protected the driver from mud, debris, water and snow thrown up by the horse's hooves.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A panel beneath the windshield of a vehicle or aircraft containing indicator gauges, compartments, and sometimes controls and indicator lights.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The float of a paddle wheel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A graphical user interface for changing settings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games

Examples

  • Log in to the dashboard to change your account settings.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A data visualization that summarizes reports from multiple disparate sources at a glance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The personalized feed of a user of a website, consisting of recent updates of pages the user has used or followed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Internet

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To organize in a dashboard format.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Dashboarding your work can enhance productivity.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fascia

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel

9

noun

Meaning 9

protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: splashboard, splasher

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: protective covering, protective cover, protection

History

Etymology

From dash (“to sprinkle; to splatter”) + board for meaning 1. Possibly expanded meaning later.

Across languages

Translations

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَوْحَةُ التَّعْلِيمَات (lawḥatu t-taʕlīmāt) — upturned screen of wood
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擋泥板 /挡泥板 (dǎngníbǎn) — upturned screen of wood
  • Danish: forskærm — upturned screen of wood
  • Finnish: roiskelauta — upturned screen of wood
  • Irish: pludchlár — upturned screen of wood
  • Italian: paraschizzi — upturned screen of wood
  • Italian: parafango — upturned screen of wood
  • Italian: paraspruzzi — upturned screen of wood
  • Russian: брызгови́к (bryzgovík) — upturned screen of wood
  • Russian: щито́к от гря́зи (ščitók ot grjázi) — upturned screen of wood
  • Serbo-Croatian: panel — upturned screen of wood
  • Spanish: salpicadero — upturned screen of wood
  • Swedish: stänkskärm — upturned screen of wood
  • Afrikaans: paneelbord — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Bulgarian: армату́рно табло́ (armatúrno tabló) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Catalan: davantal — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 汽車儀表 /汽车仪表 (qìchē yíbiǎo) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儀表盤 /仪表盘 (yíbiǎopán) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Czech: palubní deska — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Danish: instrumentbræt — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Dutch: dashboard — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Dutch: instrumentenpaneel — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Esperanto: instrumentpanelo — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Estonian: armatuurlaud — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Finnish: kojelauta — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • French: tableau de bord — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • German: Armaturenbrett — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • German: Instrumententafel — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Greek: ταμπλό αυτοκινήτου (tampló aftokinítou) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Hebrew: לוח מחוונים — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Hungarian: műszerfal — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Icelandic: mælaborð — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Ido: tablero — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Indonesian: dasbor — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Irish: deais — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Italian: cruscotto — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Japanese: ダッシュボード (dasshubōdo) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Japanese: 計器盤 (keikiban) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Khmer: តាប្លូឡាន (taaploulaan) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Korean: 계기판 (gyegipan) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Latvian: vadības panelis — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Lithuanian: prietaisų skydelis — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Macedonian: управувачница (upravuvačnica) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Macedonian: контролна табла (kontrolna tabla) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Māori: papatohu — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Māori: papa mataine — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dashbord — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dashbord — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Polish: deska rozdzielcza — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Portuguese: painel — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Portuguese: painel de bordo — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Portuguese: painel de instrumentos — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Portuguese: tablier — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Romanian: tablou de bord — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Russian: прибо́рная пане́ль (pribórnaja panɛ́lʹ) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Russian: торпе́да (torpéda) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Russian: торпе́до (torpédo) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Russian: прибо́рный щито́к (pribórnyj ščitók) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: контролна табла — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontrolna tabla — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontrolna ploča — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadzorna ploča — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Spanish: tablero de instrumentos — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Spanish: salpicadero — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Swedish: instrumentbräda — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Thai: แผงหน้าปัด — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Thai: แผงควบคุม — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Turkish: kadran — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Turkish: gösterge panosu — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Turkish: gösterge tablosu — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Ukrainian: при́ладова пане́ль (prýladova panélʹ) — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Vietnamese: bảng đồng hồ — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Vietnamese: bảng điều khiển — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Welsh: panel deialau — panel under the windscreen of a motor car or aircraft
  • Bulgarian: дашборд (dašbord) — graphical user interface
  • Chinese Mandarin: 儀表盤 /仪表盘 (yíbiǎopán) — graphical user interface
  • Finnish: kojelauta — graphical user interface
  • French: tableau de bord — graphical user interface
  • German: Dashboard — graphical user interface
  • Hungarian: vezérlőpult — graphical user interface
  • Hungarian: kezelőpult — graphical user interface
  • Hungarian: irányítópult — graphical user interface
  • Icelandic: lesborð — graphical user interface
  • Irish: deais — graphical user interface
  • Italian: pannello — graphical user interface
  • Italian: pannello di controllo — graphical user interface
  • Japanese: ダッシュボード (dasshubōdo) — graphical user interface
  • Korean: 대시보드 (daesibodeu) — graphical user interface
  • Macedonian: управувачница (upravuvačnica) — graphical user interface
  • Macedonian: контролна табла (kontrolna tabla) — graphical user interface
  • Portuguese: painel de controle — graphical user interface
  • Russian: пане́ль индика́торов (panɛ́lʹ indikátorov) — graphical user interface
  • Russian: дашбо́рд (dašbórd) — graphical user interface
  • Russian: дэшбо́рд (dɛšbórd) — graphical user interface
  • Serbo-Croatian: контролна табла — graphical user interface
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontrolna tabla — graphical user interface
  • Serbo-Croatian: kontrolna ploča — graphical user interface
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadzorna ploča — graphical user interface
  • Thai: แผงควบคุม — graphical user interface
  • Ukrainian: пане́ль інструме́нтів (panélʹ instruméntiv) — graphical user interface
  • Spanish: cuadro de mando — data visualization
  • Vietnamese: bảng dữ liệu — data visualization
  • Finnish: järjestää kojelaudaksi — to organize in a dashboard format
  • Serbo-Croatian: panelirati — to organize in a dashboard format