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board

/bɔːd/ /bɔːɹd/

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noun

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Examples :

"The carpenter used a long board to build the new bookshelf. "

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A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Examples :

"The school's main switchboard handles all the incoming phone calls. "

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A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Examples :

"Each player starts the game with four counters on the board."

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Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Examples :

"The children drew pictures on the board during art class. "

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A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

Examples :

"We have to wait to hear back from the board."

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Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

Examples :

"Room and board"

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The side of a ship.

Examples :

"The captain stood on the ship's starboard board, looking out at the horizon. "

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The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

Examples :

"The sailboat made a long board to reach the other side of the bay. "

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The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.

Examples :

"The hockey players skated quickly around the boards. "

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A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Examples :

"The long, wooden board served as the main table for the medieval-themed dinner party. "

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Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

Examples :

"to bind a book in boards"

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A level or stage having a particular layout.

Examples :

"The board game had a special playing board with different colored squares. "

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A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

Examples :

"The board game club used a large wooden board to hold the cards for their tournament. "

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To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

Examples :

"It is time to board the aircraft."

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To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

Examples :

"The hostel boarder students for the week-long summer program. "

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To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Examples :

"The student boarded with a host family during her summer program. "

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To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Examples :

"The pirates boarded the merchant ship, hoping to steal its valuable cargo. "

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To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

Examples :

"The student boarded with a host family for the semester, paying them weekly for meals and a room. "

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To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

Examples :

"The new student nervously boarded the teacher after class to ask a question. "

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verb

To cover with boards or boarding.

Examples :

"to board a house"

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To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Examples :

"The angry student boarded the teacher with a heavy textbook. "

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To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Examples :

"The teacher will board the lesson plan on the whiteboard. "

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noun

Examples :

"After the initial shock, the stock market had a sharp board. "

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