boarding

board  (bôrd, brd)

n.

1. A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.

2. A flat piece of wood or similarly rigid material adapted for a special use.

3. Games A flat surface on which a game is played.

4. The hard cover of a book.

5. boards A theater stage.

6.

a. A table, especially one set for serving food.

b. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.

7. A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.

8. An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.

9. An electrical-equipment panel.

10. Computer Science A circuit board.

11. Sports

a. A scoreboard.

b. A tote board.

c. boards The wooden structure enclosing an ice hockey rink.

d. A diving board.

e. A surfboard.

f. A snowboard.

12. Basketball

a. A backboard.

b. A rebound.

13. Nautical

a. The side of a ship.

b. A leeboard.

c. A centerboard.

14. Obsolete A border or an edge.

15. A usually large, vertically positioned flat surface used for writing or posting, especially:

a. A blackboard.

b. A bulletin board.

v. board·ed, board·ing, boards

v.tr.

1. To cover or close with boards: board up a broken window.

2.

a. To furnish with meals in return for pay.

b. To house where board is furnished: board a horse at a stable.

3.

a. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).

b. To allow (passengers) on board.

c. Nautical To come alongside (a ship).

4. Sports To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.

5. Obsolete To approach.

v.intr.

1. To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.

2. To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.

Idioms:

across the board

So as to affect or include all people, classes, or categories: raised taxes across the board.

on board

1. Aboard.

2. On the job.

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[Middle English bord, from Old English.]

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boarding [ˈbɔːdɪŋ]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence

2. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) timber boards collectively

3.

a.  the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc

b.  (as modifier) a boarding pass

4. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Tanning) a process used in tanning to accentuate the natural grain of hides, in which the surface of a softened leather is lightly creased by folding grain to grain and the fold is worked to and fro across the leather

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Boarding boards collectively, 1552; planks joined together.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boarding - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft embarkation, embarkment departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
	2.	boarding - a structure of boards boards - the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink flashboard, flashboarding - boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

Translations

boarding [ˈbɔːdɪŋ]

A. N → entablado m

B. CPD boarding card N → tarjeta f de embarque, pase m de embarque(LAm)
boarding house N → pensión f, casa f de huéspedes, residencial f (S. Cone)
boarding party N → pelotón m de abordaje
boarding pass N = boarding card boarding school N → internado m

boarding [ˈbɔː^rdɪŋ]

n

(at school) → internat m

(= wood) → planches fpl

modif (SCHOOL) [fees] → de pension
boarding card n → carte f d'embarquement
boarding house n → pension f (de famille)
boarding party n → section f d'abordage
boarding pass n (British) → carte f d'embarquement
boarding school n → internat m, pensionnat m
I go to boarding school → Je suis en pensionnat or internat.
board meeting n → réunion f du conseil d'administration
board member n (= member of board of directors) → membre m du conseil d'administration
board of directors n → conseil m d'administration
board of education n (US) → conseil m d'établissement
board of inquiry n → commission f d'enquête

boarding:

boarding card

n → Bordkarte f

boarding house

n

→ Pension f

(Sch) → Wohngebäude nt → eines Internats

boarding kennel

n → Hundepension f, → Tierpension f → für Hunde

boarding party

n (Naut) → Enterkommando nt

boarding pass

n → Bordkarte f

boarding school

n → Internat nt

boarding [ˈbɔːdɪŋ] n

a. (floor) → impiantito (di legno); (fence) → recinzione f di legno

b. (of ship, plane) → imbarco

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boarding [ˈbɔːdɪŋ] n

a. (floor) → impiantito (di legno); (fence) → recinzione f di legno

b. (of ship, plane) → imbarco