breadboard

• bread board

From bread +‎ board.

breadboard (plural breadboards)

1. A cutting board, especially for cutting bread.
2. A pull-out cutting board underneath a counter, found in many kitchens.
3. (electronics) A reusable solderless device used to build a (usually temporary) prototype of an electronic circuit and for experimenting with circuit designs.

• breadboarding

breadboard (third-person singular simple present breadboards, present participle breadboarding, simple past and past participle breadboarded)

1. (transitive) To set up (an electronic device) on a breadboard.
   • 1990, Delton T. Horn, 49 electronic 6-volt projects, page 9:

     If the breadboarded circuit operates incorrectly or erratically, try relocating some of the components.

   • 1998, Jim Williams, The Art and Science of Analog Circuit Design, page 114:

     There are many commercial breadboarding systems, but almost all of them are designed to facilitate the breadboarding of digital systems, where noise immunities are hundreds of millivolts or more.