What does "flannelgraph" mean?

A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.

What is a synonym for "flannelgraph"?

Common synonyms include: flannelboard.

Flannelgraph

noun

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Noun

1
A board covered with flannel fabric used as a backdrop when telling stories to children, the characters in the story being placed and moved on the backdrop.

Synonyms

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flannelboard

Etymology

From flannel + -graph.

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