dashboard
noun
dash·board
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Definition of dashboard
1
: a screen on the front of a usually horse-drawn vehicle to intercept water, mud, or snow
2
: a panel extending across the interior of a vehicle (such as an automobile) below the windshield and usually containing instruments and controls
Examples of dashboard in a Sentence
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There were no weapons recovered at the home, the BCA reported, and there is no body-camera or dashboard-camera video of the incident. — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, "Suspect, deputy identified in Moose Lake shooting incident," 31 July 2019 The videos — one from Wiley's body camera, one from his dashboard camera and one from surveillance footage of the parking lot — show Wiley walking through the dark toward Lyndo Jones' truck with his hand on his firearm. — Dallas News, "During retrial, attorneys dissect video of Mesquite cop shooting unarmed man," 17 July 2019 Neither O’Neill’s body camera nor his police dashboard camera recorded the shooting, which has sparked outrage from African-Americans and activists in South Bend. — Bill Ruthhart, chicagotribune.com, "South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaking at Rev. Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow/PUSH annual convention," 2 July 2019 By comparison, 69 percent of all agencies reported having dashboard cameras and 38 percent had personal audio recorders. — Casey Smith, Indianapolis Star, "Fishers Police hope to have body cameras fully operational by early 2020," 26 June 2019 While South Bend officers are equipped with body cameras and dashboard cameras, the shooting was not captured on video. — CBS News, "Officer-involved shooting remains Pete Buttigieg's biggest 2020 challenge yet," 20 June 2019 New York -- Distracted driving often involves smartphones, but a new study by the AAA suggests seniors in particular are struggling with the technology that is increasingly built into the dashboards of many cars. — CBS News, "Study shows older drivers more distracted by in-car technology," 25 July 2019 The best tool for measuring human impacts on the planet may be a dashboard of environmental indicators, not a footprint. — Robert B. Richardson, The Conversation, "Resource depletion is a serious problem, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell us much about it," 24 July 2019 Driverless technology proponents envision a day in the not-too-distant future in which most driving becomes automated, freeing commuters to stare into their smartphones or their dashboard video screens. — Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, "Driverless big rigs could be hitting Florida highways next year. Are you ready, good buddy?," 13 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dashboard.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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dashboard
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dashboard
: the part of the inside of a car, truck, etc., that is below the windshield and that has the controls on it
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dashboard
noun
dash·board
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Kids Definition of dashboard
: a panel across an automobile or aircraft below the windshield usually containing dials and controls
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