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Board

//bɔːd// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. countable, uncountable
"Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines."
2
A rebound. informal
3
a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose wordnet
4
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc. countable, uncountable
5
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games wordnet

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6
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game. countable, uncountable
"Each player starts the game with four counters on the board."
7
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities wordnet
8
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
9
electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices wordnet
10
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors. countable, uncountable
"We have to wait to hear back from the board."
11
a table at which meals are served wordnet
12
Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them. uncountable
"board and lodging"
13
a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view wordnet
14
The side of a ship. countable, uncountable
"Now board to board the rival vessels row."
15
food or meals in general wordnet
16
The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward. countable, uncountable
17
a committee having supervisory powers wordnet
18
The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink. countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
19
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes wordnet
20
A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Fruit of all kinds […] / She gathers, tribute large, and on the board / Heaps with unsparing hand."
21
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard. countable, uncountable
"to bind a book in boards"
22
A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout. countable, uncountable
"The object of the game is to move the smiley face over the preset board, in doing so removing the green squares and ending up at the exit […]"
23
The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.). countable, uncountable
24
A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. countable, uncountable
25
A provincial assembly or council. Philippines, countable, uncountable

Verb

1
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. transitive
"It is time to board the aircraft."
2
provide food and lodging (for) wordnet
3
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money. transitive
"to board one’s horse at a livery stable"
4
lodge and take meals (at) wordnet
5
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money. transitive
"We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house,"

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get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) wordnet
7
To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party. transitive
8
live and take one's meals at or in wordnet
9
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation intransitive
10
To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost. archaic, transitive
"Ere long with like againe he boorded mee, / Saying, he now had boulted all the floure […]"
11
To cover with boards or boarding.
"to board a house"
12
To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
13
To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

A wooden board Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From backboard.

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