board

IPA: bˈɔrd

noun

  • A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
  • A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  • A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
  • A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
  • (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
  • (nautical) The side of a ship.
  • (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
  • (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
  • (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
  • Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
  • (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
  • (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
  • (Philippines, local government) A provincial assembly or council.
  • (basketball, informal) A rebound.
  • A surname.
  • Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), etc. [A large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard.]
  • (computing, Internet) Short for message board. [A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.]
  • (computing, Internet) Short for bulletin board. [A board on which messages may be posted, especially one in a public space.]

verb

  • (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
  • (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 (at least attempt 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.
  • To cover with boards or boarding.
  • To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
  • (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
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