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board

UK/bɔːd/ US/boːd/ common informal
noun (9) verb (4)

noun

1.

a committee having supervisory powers

  • “the board has seven members”
2.

a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose

  • “he nailed boards across the windows”
3.

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

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4.

a board on which information can be displayed to public view

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5.

a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

  • “he got out the board and set up the pieces”
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6.

food or meals in general

  • “she sets a fine table”
  • “room and board”
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7.

electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

  • “he checked the instrument panel”
  • “suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree”
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8.

a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer''s capabilities

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9.

a table at which meals are served

  • “he helped her clear the dining table”
  • “a feast was spread upon the board”
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verb

1.

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

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2.

live and take one''s meals at or in

  • “she rooms in an old boarding house”
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3.

lodge and take meals (at)

4.

provide food and lodging (for)

  • “The old lady is boarding three men”

Origin

Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English boord, boorde, bord, bourd, burd, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, plank; edge; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, top”) + *-dʰeti or *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”) + *-dʰeti. The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table". Cognates Cognate with Scots buird (“board; table”), Yola borde (“table”), West Frisian boerd (“board”), Dutch bord (“dish, plate; board, plank; sign”), boord (“border, boundary; bank, shore”), German Bord (“shelf”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish bord (“plank; table”), Elfdalian buord (“table”), Faroese and Icelandic borð (“board, plank; table”), Gothic *𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (*baurd, “board, plank”) (whence 𐍆𐍉𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 (fōtubaurd, “footstool”).

Phrases

  • A board
  • above board
  • above the board
  • academy board
  • across the board
  • all over the board
  • arrow board
  • back board
  • board up
  • boarding ax
  • boarding axe
  • boarding gate

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