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boards

/bɔːdz/ /bɔːɹdz/

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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 several wooden boards to build the new bookshelf. "

material building

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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 office has a large switchboard to handle all phone calls. "

electronics device technology communication utility electric

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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."

game entertainment

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

Examples :

"The teacher wrote the homework assignment on both boards in the classroom: the whiteboard and the blackboard. "

material game internet communication sport education building

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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."

business organization

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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 sailor leaned over the boards of the ship, watching the dolphins swim. "

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

Examples :

""The small sailboat made slow progress up the river, its boards becoming shorter as the wind shifted and the current grew stronger." "

nautical sailing technical

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

Examples :

"The hockey player slammed into the boards trying to stop the puck. "

sport game building

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

Examples :

"For the Renaissance festival, they built long boards where the actors and audience could share a communal meal. "

utensil food item

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

Examples :

"to bind a book in boards"

material stationery

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A level or stage having a particular layout.

Examples :

"The video game has multiple boards, each with a different arrangement of obstacles. "

stage structure

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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 :

"In the duplicate bridge tournament, each table used the same boards so every team played the exact same hands. "

game entertainment

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Examples :

""He grabbed the boards after the basketball bounced off the rim." "

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(with "the") A stage (as in a theater).

Examples :

"The actors nervously waited to go on the boards for the opening scene. "

stage entertainment culture

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Structure around a rink for ice hockey.

Examples :

"The hockey players crashed into the boards during the game. "

sport structure

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A hardcover binding on a book.

Examples :

"His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year."

literature material writing

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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."

vehicle nautical

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

Examples :

"The kind woman boards university students during the school year. "

business service

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To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Examples :

""During the school year, some students who live far from campus board with local families." "

property service business

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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 prepared to board the merchant ship, hoping to seize its cargo. "

nautical military sailing war action

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

Examples :

""During the school year, many students board at the private academy, paying for their meals and rooms." "

business service job

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

Examples :

"The persistent salesperson boarded me in the shopping mall, trying to sell me a new credit card. "

action human communication

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To cover with boards or boarding.

Examples :

"to board a house"

building material

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To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Examples :

"The angry carpenter boards the unruly lumber with swift, determined strokes. "

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

Examples :

"The teacher boards the math problem on the whiteboard for the students to see. "

writing education communication

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Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.

Examples :

"She studied hard for her medical boards so she could become a certified doctor. "

education achievement