'Board' definitions:
Definition of 'board'
(from WordNet)
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 [syn: board, plank]
noun
A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
noun
Food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table]
noun
A vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: display panel, display board, board]
noun
A table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining table, board]
noun
Electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel]
noun
A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in]
noun
A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: board, gameboard]
verb
verb
Live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room]
verb
Lodge and take meals (at)
verb
Provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
Definition of 'Board'
From: GCIDE
- Board \Board\ (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu-baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.]
- 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Note: When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A table to put food upon. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the board Heaps with unsparing hand. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. 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. [1913 Webster]
- Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- We may judge from their letters to the board. --Porteus. [1913 Webster]
- 5. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards. [1913 Webster]
- 7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession. [1913 Webster]
- 8. [In this use originally perh. a different word meaning border, margin; cf. D. boord, G. bord, shipboard, and G. borte trimming; also F. bord (fr. G.) the side of a ship. Cf. Border.] The border or side of anything. (Naut.) (a) The side of a ship. "Now board to board the rival vessels row." --Dryden. See On board, below. (b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure. [1913 Webster]
- The American Board, a shortened form of "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches).
- Bed and board. See under Bed.
- Board and board (Naut.), side by side.
- Board of control, six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. --Stormonth.
- Board rule, a figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman.
- Board of trade, in England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce.
- Board wages. (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden.
- By the board, over the board, or side. "The mast went by the board." --Totten. Hence (Fig.),
- To go by the board, to suffer complete destruction or overthrow.
- To enter on the boards, to have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge, England.] "Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college." --Hallam.
- To make a good board (Naut.), to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.
- To make short boards, to tack frequently.
- On board. (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. (b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.]
- Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. [U.S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Board'
From: GCIDE
- Board \Board\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boarding.]
- 1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. "The boarded hovel." --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. Board to accost, and see Board, n.] To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. [1913 Webster]
- You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication. --Totten. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- 4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Board'
From: GCIDE
- Board \Board\ (b[=o]rd), v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. [1913 Webster]
- We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Board'
From: GCIDE
- Board \Board\, v. t. [F. aborder. See Abord, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'board'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aboard,
- accommodate,
- accommodation,
- accommodations,
- acting area,
- advisers,
- advisory body,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- ambo,
- American Stock Exchange,
- Amex,
- apron,
- apron stage,
- Areopagus,
- assembly,
- association,
- back,
- backstage,
- band shell,
- bandstand,
- bank,
- bar,
- beam,
- bed,
- bed and board,
- bench,
- bestow,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- billet,
- board and room,
- board of directors,
- board of regents,
- board of trustees,
- boarding,
- body of advisers,
- boom,
- border,
- bordure,
- borough council,
- bourse,
- brain trust,
- bread,
- bread and butter,
- break bread with,
- breakfast,
- brick,
- bridge,
- brim,
- brink,
- British Cabinet,
- brow,
- buffet,
- C ration,
- cabinet,
- cadre,
- camarilla,
- care for,
- cast loose,
- chamber,
- cheer,
- cherish,
- city council,
- clap on ratlines,
- clapboard,
- clear hawse,
- climb on,
- coast,
- college board,
- comestibles,
- committee,
- commodity exchange,
- common council,
- commons,
- conference,
- congress,
- consultative assembly,
- cook out,
- cord,
- cordwood,
- corn pit,
- coulisse,
- council,
- council fire,
- council of ministers,
- council of state,
- council of war,
- counter,
- county council,
- court,
- creature comfort,
- cuisine,
- curb,
- curb exchange,
- curb market,
- curia,
- cut loose,
- daily bread,
- deal,
- deliberative assembly,
- desk,
- diet,
- dine,
- dine out,
- dinner,
- directorate,
- directors,
- directorship,
- directory,
- divan,
- dock,
- domicile,
- dressing room,
- driftwood,
- eat,
- eat out,
- eatables,
- edge,
- edibles,
- embark,
- embark on,
- embus,
- emergency rations,
- emplane,
- enplane,
- enter,
- entertain,
- entertainment,
- entrain,
- escalade,
- escritoire,
- exchange,
- exchange floor,
- executive arm,
- executive committee,
- executive hierarchy,
- face,
- facilities,
- fare,
- fast food,
- feast,
- featheredge,
- feed,
- field rations,
- firewood,
- flange,
- flies,
- fly floor,
- fly gallery,
- fodder,
- food,
- food and drink,
- foodstuff,
- footlights,
- forage,
- foray,
- forestage,
- forum,
- frame,
- fringe,
- furnish accommodations,
- get in,
- get on,
- glass,
- glaze,
- go aboard,
- go on board,
- go on shipboard,
- governing board,
- governing body,
- grass,
- gratify,
- graze,
- greenroom,
- grid,
- gridiron,
- hardwood,
- haul,
- haul down,
- health food,
- heave,
- heave apeak,
- heave round,
- heave short,
- hem,
- hop in,
- house,
- hut,
- infrastructure,
- ingesta,
- inquisition,
- inroad,
- interlocking directorate,
- inundate,
- invade,
- judicatory,
- judicature,
- judiciary,
- jump in,
- junk food,
- junta,
- K ration,
- kedge,
- keep,
- kitchen cabinet,
- kitchen stuff,
- L,
- labellum,
- labium,
- labrum,
- lath,
- lathing,
- lathwork,
- lay,
- lay aloft,
- lectern,
- ledge,
- legislature,
- lightboard,
- limb,
- limbus,
- lip,
- list,
- live,
- lodge,
- lodgings,
- log,
- lumber,
- lunch,
- mahogany,
- make a raid,
- make an inroad,
- management,
- marge,
- margin,
- meal,
- meals,
- meat,
- mess,
- mess with,
- mount,
- nurture,
- on,
- on board,
- orchestra,
- orchestra pit,
- outside market,
- over-the-counter market,
- overwhelm,
- panel,
- panelboard,
- paneling,
- panelwork,
- paper,
- parish council,
- pasture,
- performing area,
- picnic,
- pile in,
- pit,
- plank,
- planking,
- plyboard,
- plywood,
- pole,
- post,
- privy council,
- proscenium,
- proscenium stage,
- provender,
- provision,
- provisions,
- puncheon,
- put to sea,
- put up,
- quarter,
- quotation board,
- R,
- ragged edge,
- raid,
- rations,
- ratline down,
- refection,
- refreshment,
- regale,
- regalement,
- repas,
- repast,
- revet,
- rim,
- room,
- Sanhedrin,
- satisfy,
- scale,
- school board,
- secretaire,
- secretary,
- selvage,
- shake,
- sheathe,
- sheathing,
- sheathing board,
- sheeting,
- shell,
- shingle,
- shore,
- short commons,
- side,
- sideboard,
- sideline,
- siding,
- skirt,
- slab,
- slat,
- slate,
- softwood,
- soviet,
- spar down,
- splat,
- spread,
- staff,
- stage,
- stage left,
- stage right,
- stand,
- stave,
- stay,
- steering committee,
- stick,
- stick of wood,
- stock exchange,
- stock market,
- stock ticker,
- stone,
- storm,
- stovewood,
- stream the log,
- subsistence,
- sup,
- sustain,
- sustenance,
- switchboard,
- syndicate,
- synod,
- table,
- take by storm,
- take ship,
- telephone market,
- tend,
- thatch,
- the administration,
- the Big Board,
- the boards,
- the brass,
- the Exchange,
- the executive,
- the Inquisition,
- the people upstairs,
- the stage,
- theater,
- third market,
- three-by-four,
- ticker,
- ticker tape,
- tile,
- timber,
- timbering,
- timberwork,
- top brass,
- traverse a yard,
- treat,
- tribunal,
- trustees,
- tucker,
- two-by-four,
- unlash,
- US Cabinet,
- veneer,
- verge,
- viands,
- victuals,
- vittles,
- wall in,
- Wall Street,
- wall up,
- wallpaper,
- warp,
- weatherboard,
- weigh anchor,
- wheat pit,
- wine and dine,
- wings,
- wood,
- workbench,
- writing table
Words containing 'Board'
- Board and board,
- Boarded,
- Boarding,
- By the board,
- On board,
- board up,
- boards,
- Bed and board,
- Big Board,
- Board of control,
- Board of trade,
- Board of treasury,
- Board rule,
- Board wages,
- Boarding house,
- Boarding nettings,
- Boarding pike,
- Boarding school,
- Bristol board,
- Ceiling boards,
- Chimney board,
- Council board,
- Crayon board,
- Cribbage board,
- Eaves board,
- Emery board,
- Finger board,
- Float board,
- Fly board,
- Follow board,
- Free board,
- From bed and board,
- Gang board,
- Gathering board,
- Heck board,
- Hole board,
- Ironing board,
- Leather board,
- Limber boards,
- Log board,
- Louver boarding,
- Louver boards,
- Match boarding,
- Molding board,
- Moulding board,
- Paddle board,
- Paling board,
- Plug board,
- Retiring board,
- Returning board,
- Running board,
- School board,
- Serving board,
- Shooting board,
- Skirting board,
- Smoke board,
- Sound boarding,
- Stern board,
- Switch board,
- Tackle board,
- Tar board,
- Tea board,
- The American Board,
- Tivoli board,
- To enter on the boards,
- To go by the board,
- To lap boards,
- Trail boards,
- Traverse board,
- Trestle board,
- Valley board,
- Vestry board,
- above-board,
- across the board,
- advisory board,
- appeal board,
- appeals board,
- backgammon board,
- baffle board,
- batule board,
- beaver board,
- binder board,
- binder's board,
- board foot,
- board game,
- board measure,
- board meeting,
- board member,
- board of appeals,
- board of directors,
- board of education,
- board of regents,
- board of selectmen,
- board of trustees,
- board pennant,
- boarding card,
- boarding pass,
- bread board,
- bulletin board,
- butcher board,
- chairman of the board,
- checker board,
- chess board,
- chopping board,
- circuit board,
- compass board,
- composition board,
- control board,
- corrugated board,
- cpu board,
- cutting board,
- dandle board,
- dart board,
- display board,
- diving board,
- draft board,
- drafting board,
- draining board,
- drawing board,
- floor board,
- go board,
- governing board,
- gypsum board,
- ladle board,
- ledger board,
- memory board,
- monopoly board,
- mortar board,
- mother board,
- notice board,
- ouija board,
- parole board,
- particle board,
- pc board,
- peg board,
- planning board,
- poster board,
- sandwich board,
- shoulder board,
- shovel board,
- sliding board,
- sounding board,
- throwing board,
- tilting board,
- valance board,
- wake board,
- writing board,
- zoning board,
- Sound-board,
- Sounding-board,
- To make a good board,
- To make short boards,
- Weather-board,
- across-the-board,
- board of trade unit,
- bulletin board system,
- call-board,
- electronic bulletin board,
- fall-board,
- federal reserve board,
- staggered board of directors,
- work-board,
- national labor relations board