Board

[bɔːd] or [bɔrd]

Definition

(noun.) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; 'he nailed boards across the windows'.

(noun.) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; 'he got out the board and set up the pieces'.

(noun.) food or meals in general; 'she sets a fine table'; 'room and board'.

(noun.) a committee having supervisory powers; 'the board has seven members'.

(noun.) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.

(verb.) provide food and lodging (for); 'The old lady is boarding three men'.

(verb.) lodge and take meals (at).

(verb.) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.).

(verb.) live and take one's meals at or in; 'she rooms in an old boarding house'.

Typed by Dominic--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.

(n.) A table to put food upon.

(n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

(n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.

(n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.

(n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

(n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

(n.) The border or side of anything.

(n.) The side of a ship.

(n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

(v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

(n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

(n.) To enter, as a railway car.

(n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

(n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

(v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

(v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

Editor: Lucius

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Plank (thin).[2]. Table (for food), stand.[3]. Food, diet, provision, fare, victuals, entertainment, meals.[4]. Conclave, council, committee.

v. a. [1]. Cover with boards.[2]. Enter or go on board of (a vessel) by force.[3]. Furnish with meals.

Typed by Agatha

Definition

n. a broad and thin strip of timber: a table to put food on: food: a table round which persons meet for some kind of business: any council or authorised body of men as a 'school-board:' the deck of a ship: (pl.) the stage: a kind of thick stiff paper as in pasteboard Bristol-board esp. that used in the binding of books.—v.t. to cover with boards: to supply with food at fixed terms: to enter a ship: to attack.—v.i. to receive food or take meals.—ns. Board′er one who receives board (food): one who boards a ship; Board′ing the act of covering with boards: the covering itself: act of boarding a ship; Board′ing-house a house where boarders are kept; Board′ing-pike a pike used in boarding a ship or in defending it when attacked; Board′ing-school a school in which board is given as well as instruction; Board′-school a school under control of a school-board as elected by the Elementary Education Act of 1870.—n.pl. Board′-wā′ges wages allowed to servants to keep themselves in food.—Above board openly.—By the board over the board or side of a ship—hence To go by the board to be lost or destroyed.—To sweep the board to take all the cards.

Checked by Adelaide

Unserious Contents or Definition

An implement for administering corporal punishment, used by mothers and land-ladies. 'The Festive Board' may be a shingle, a hair-brush a fish-hash breakfast or a stewed prune supper.

Typed by Chauncey

Examples

Editor: Ozzie

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