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English
A wooden boardEtymology
Middle English bord, Old English bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdan.
Pronunciation
Noun
board (plural boards)
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- We have to wait to hear back from the board.
- (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
- Room and board
- (nautical) The side of a ship.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
- (basketball, slang) A rebound.
- (ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
- (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
Derived terms
Terms derived from board
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Verb
board (third-person singular simple present boards, present participle boarding, simple past and past participle boarded)
- (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- It is time to board the aircraft.
- (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- (transitive) (nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
- (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- (transitive, now rare) To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
- Ere long with like againe he boorded mee, / Saying, he now had boulted all the floure [...].
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:
- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
Translations
to step or climb
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Statistics
- Most common English words before 1923: opposite · vast · isn't · #974: board · associated · worse · safe
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Board
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Board may refer to:Contents
Flat surface
- Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
- See Category:Engineered wood
- Cutting board
- Sounding board, of a musical instrument
- Cardboard (paper product)
- Paperboard
- Corrugated fiberboard
- Fiberboard
- Particle board, also known as chipboard
- A reusable writing surface
Recreation
- Boardsport platform, such as a surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard
- Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge
- Level (video games)
- Diving board (disambiguation)
- Board game
People
- Mykel Board (b.1950), journalist
Other
- Boards (magazine), a 1999-2010 trade publication for the advertising community
- Board of directors, or a similar governing or advisory committee
- Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics
- Mixing console or sound board, for audio signals
- Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages
- Currency board, monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency
- Room and board – in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis
- Board examination – a part of education in some countries
See also
- Boarding (disambiguation)
- Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper
- Board certification, for medical professionals in the United States
- Board foot, measurement of lumber volume
- Board toilet, toilet room built into a vehicle
- Bored (disambiguation)
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