board
Other forms: boards; boarding; boarded
A board is a plank or surface, sometimes having buttons or controls. You can cut vegetables on a cutting board, post a flyer on a bulletin board, or cause a power outage on a circuit board.
The word board frequently finds itself as half of a compound word where the action takes place: You stand on a surfboard, type at a keyboard, or lose on a checkerboard. You can also sit on a board, meaning a team, of directors, or board, meaning stay, at a hotel. If you want to leave your hotel, you may board, or climb onto, your hovercraft. Remember: Being stiff as a board is not the same as being bored stiff.
Definitions of board
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a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposessynonyms: planktypes:matchboarda board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)skidone of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objectschipboard, hardboarda cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resindeala plank of softwood (fir or pine board)
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a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose“he nailed boards across the windows”types:aquaplanea board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the waterironing boardnarrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clotheskneelera board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel onpalette, palletboard that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors usedplanchettea triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messagesscoreboarda large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)sideboarda board that forms part of the side of a bed or cribsideboarda removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacityskateboarda board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by footsnowboarda board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopesspringboarda flexible board for jumping upwardsurfboarda long, buoyant craft used to ride waves in the oceantrenchera wooden board or platter on which food is served or carvedwake board, wakeboarda buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboatdry wall, drywall, wallboarda wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of housesbeaver boarda light wallboard made of compressed wood pulpcall-boarda bulletin board backstage in a theaterdiving boarda springboard from which swimmers can divefiberboard, fibreboard, particle boardwallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheetsgypsum board, plasterboardwallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior wallstype of:
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a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games“he got out the board and set up the pieces”synonyms: gameboardtypes:backgammon boardthe board on which backgammon is playedcribbage boarda board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbagego boarda board used for playing gomonopoly boarda board used for playing monopolyOuija, Ouija boarda board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messagespegboarda board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fittedpunchboarda small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prizetype of:surfacethe outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
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a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public viewsynonyms: display board, display paneltypes:big boardthe large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchangetype of:
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electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices“suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree”synonyms: control board, control panel, instrument panel, paneltypes:type of:electrical devicea device that produces or is powered by electricity
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a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilitiessynonyms: add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-intypes:PC boarda removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother boardtype of:printed circuitcomputer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered
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a table at which meals are served“a feast was spread upon the board”synonyms: dining tabletypes:dining-room tabledining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be serveddinner tablethe dining table where dinner is served and eatenhigh tablea dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished personsrefectory tablea long narrow dining table supported by a stretcher between two trestlestricliniuma dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rometype of:tablea piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
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food or meals in general“room and board”synonyms: tabletypes:training tableplanned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall)type of:farethe food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
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lodge and take meals (at)
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live and take one's meals at or in
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provide food and lodging (for)
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get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
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a committee having supervisory powers“the board has seven members”types:appeal board, appeals board, board of appealsa board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appealsboard of selectmena board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England townFederal Reserve Boardthe seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve Systemgoverning boarda board that manages the affairs of an institutionboard of directors, directoratea group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institutiondraft boarda board to select personnel for involuntary military servicezoning boarda board of officials who divide an area into zones that are subject to different restrictionsboard of regentsa committee of university officers who have general supervision over the welfare and conduct of studentsboard of trusteesa governing board elected or appointed to direct the policies of an educational institutionstaggered board of directorsa board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annuallycabinetpersons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisersKashagthe advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exiletype of:
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