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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.

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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board

Noun

1. a long wide flat piece of sawn timber

2. a smaller flat piece of rigid material for a specific purpose: ironing board

3.

a. a group of people who officially administer a company, trust, etc.

b. any other official group, such as examiners or interviewers

4. a person's meals, provided regularly for money

5. stiff cardboard or similar material, used for the outside covers of a book

6. a flat thin rectangular sheet of composite material, such as chipboard

7. Naut the side of a ship

8. a portable surface for indoor games such as chess or backgammon

9. go by the board Informal to be in disuse, neglected, or lost

10. on board on or in a ship, aeroplane, etc.

Verb

1. to go aboard (a train or other vehicle)

2. to attack (a ship) by forcing one's way aboard

3. (foll. by up, in)etc. to cover with boards

4. to receive meals and lodging in return for money

5. board out to arrange for (someone, esp. a child) to receive food and lodging away from home

6. (in ice hockey and box lacrosse) to bodycheck an opponent against the boards

See also boards [Old English bord]

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Board a council convened for business; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit on a committee.

Examples: board of commissioners; of directors, 1712; of governors; of guardians.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals - a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals board of selectmen - a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town Federal Reserve Board - the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution commission, committee - a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle board of directors, directorate - a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution advisory board, planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator draft board - a board to select personnel for involuntary military service board of education, school board - a board in charge of local public schools zoning board - a board of officials who divide an area into zones that are subject to different restrictions director - member of a board of directors board member - a member of a governing board
	2.	board - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes plank matchboard - a 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) skid - one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects strake, wale - thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship lumber, timber - the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material chipboard, hardboard - a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin deal - a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) knot - a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot" knothole - a hole in a board where a knot came out
	3.	board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" aquaplane - a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water bread board, breadboard - a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced notice board, bulletin board - a board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements chopping board, cutting board - a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut drafting board, drawing board - a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings drainboard, draining board - a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink floor board, floorboard - a board in the floor ironing board - narrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clothes kneeler - a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on mortarboard, hawk - a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar palette, pallet - board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used planchette - a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages scoreboard - a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information) flat solid, sheet - a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width sideboard - a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib sideboard - a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity skateboard - a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot snowboard - a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes springboard - a flexible board for jumping upward surfboard - a narrow buoyant board for riding surf trencher - a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved wake board, wakeboard - a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat dry wall, drywall, wallboard - a 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 houses work-board, workboard - a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work
	4.	board - food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" table fare - the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed training table - planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall)
	5.	board - a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view display board, display panel big board - the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange video display, display - an electronic device that represents information in visual form
	6.	board - a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" dining table dining-room table - dining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served dinner table - the dining table where dinner is served and eaten high table - a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished persons refectory table - a long narrow dining table supported by a stretcher between two trestles table - a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it; "I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant" triclinium - a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome
	7.	board - 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" control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel dashboard, fascia - instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls electrical device - a device that produces or is powered by electricity idiot light - a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure)
	8.	board - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities add-in, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in, card CPU board, mother board - the main circuit board for a computer PC board - a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board printed circuit - computer 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
	9.	board - a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" gameboard backgammon board - the board on which backgammon is played checker board, checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors cribbage board - a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage dart board, dartboard - a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts go board - a board used for playing go monopoly board - a board used for playing monopoly Ouija, Ouija board - a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages pegboard - a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted punchboard - a 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 prize surface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"
Verb	1.	board - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) get on embark, ship - go on board entrain - board a train come in, enter, get in, go in, go into, move into, get into - to come or go into; "the boat entered an area of shallow marshes" catch - reach in time; "I have to catch a train at 7 o'clock"
	2.	board - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" room inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
	3.	board - lodge and take meals (at) habituate, use - take or consume (regularly or habitually); "She uses drugs rarely" board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
	4.	board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men" board - lodge and take meals (at) live in, sleep in - live in the house where one works; "our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her" cater, ply, provide, supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

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board

noun 1. plank, panel, timber, slat, piece of timber

noun 2. council, directors, committee, congress, ministry, advisers, panel, assembly, chamber, trustees, governing body, synod, directorate, quango, advisory group, conclave

noun 3. meals, provisions, victuals, daily meals

verb 4. get on, enter, mount, embark, entrain, embus, enplane << OPPOSITE get off

Translations

board [bɔːd] n → tabla, tablero;

(on wall) → tablón m;

(for chess etc) → tablero (= committee); junta, consejo;

(in firm) → mesa or junta directiva;

(NAUT, AVIAT): on board → a bordo

vt [+ ship] → embarcarse en [+ train]; subir a;

full board (BRIT) → pensión f completa;

half board (BRIT) → media pensión;

board and lodging → alojamiento y comida;

to go by the board (fig) → irse por la borda;

above board (fig) → sin tapujos;

across the board (fig) (adv) → en todos los niveles: (adj) → general

board up vt [+ door] → tapar, cegar

board [bɔːd] n (wooden) → planche f;

(on wall) → panneau m;

(for chess etc) → plateau m (= cardboard); carton m (= committee); conseil m, comité m;

(in firm) → conseil d'administration;

(Naut, Aviat);

on board → à bord vt [+ ship] → monter à bord de [+ train]; monter dans;

full board (Brit) → pension complète;

half board (Brit) → demi-pension f;

board and lodging n → chambre f avec pension;

with board and lodging → logé nourri;

above board (fig) → régulier/ère;

across the board (fig) (adv) → systématiquement: (adj) → de portée générale;

to go by the board [hopes, principles] → être abandonné(e) (= be unimportant); compter pour rien, n'avoir aucune importance

board up vt [+ door] → condamner (au moyen de planches, de tôle)

board [bɔːd] n → Brett nt;

(cardboard) → Pappe f;

(committee) → Ausschuss m;

(in firm) → Vorstand m

vt (ship) → an Bord +gen gehen;

(train) → einsteigen in +acc;

on board (Naut, Aviat) → an Bord;

full/half board (Brit) → Voll-/Halbpension f;

board and lodging → Unterkunft und Verpflegung f;

to go by the board (fig) → unter den Tisch fallen;

above board (fig) → korrekt;

across the board (fig) → allgemein: (criticize, reject) → pauschal

board up vt → mit Brettern vernageln

board [bɔːd] n → tavola;

(on wall) → tabellone m;

(for chess etc) → scacchiera (= committee); consiglio, comitato;

(in firm) → consiglio d'amministrazione;

(NAUT, AVIAT): on board → a bordo

vt [+ ship] → salire a bordo di [+ train]; salire su;

full board (BRIT) → pensione f completa;

half board (BRIT) → mezza pensione;

board and lodging → vitto e alloggio;

above board (fig) → regolare;

across the board (fig) adv → per tutte le categorie

adj → generale;

to go by the board → venir messo/a da parte

board up vt [+ door] → chiudere con assi

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board

n board [boːd]

1 a strip of timber The floorboards of the old house were rotten. vloerplanke لَوْحُ خَشَب дъска prkno bræt das Brett σανίδι tabla, plancha laud تختۀ چوبی lauta planche קֶרֶש लकड़ी का तख्ता drvene daske deszka papan kayu borð, fjöl asse 板 널빤지 lenta dēlis papan plank bord, fjøl deska tábua scân­dură половица doska deska daska bräda กระดาน tahta, levha, kereste 木板 дошка لکڑی کا تختہ tấm ván 木板

2 a flat piece of wood etc for a special purpose notice-board; chessboard. bord لَوْحُ إعْلانات дъска deska, tabule spillebræt das Brett επίπεδη επιφάνεια από ξύλο, σανίδα, πίνακας tablón, tablero tahvel, laud تخته taulu, lauta panneau לוּחַ तख्ता, पट्टा drvena ploča tábla papan tafla, borð tabellone 盤 판자 lenta dēlis papan bord tavle; brett tablica tabuleiro tablă доска doska deska tabla tavla, bräde กระดาน ...tahtası 板 дошка لکڑی کا چپٹا ٹکڑا bảng 板

3 meals board and lodging. etes, kos مائِدَه трапеза strava (a byt) forplejning; pension die Verpflegung διατροφή pensión, comida kost غذا ruoka pension (complète) אוֹכֶל भोजन smještaj (teljes) ellátás, koszt penyediaan makan kostur, fæði vitto e alloggio 食事 식사 제공 maitinimas, maistas uzturs makanan dan penginapan kost kost, pensjon wikt, utrzymanie comida mâncare питание; стол plná penzia (polni) penzion stan kost อาหาร yemek, yiyecek içecek 伙食 харчування کھانے bàn ăn 伙食

4 an official group of persons administering an organization etc the board of directors. raad هَيْئَه، مَجْلِس، لَجْنَه комисия rada bestyrelse der Ausschuß διοικητικό συμβούλιο consejo, junta juhatus انجمن؛ هیئت johtokunta, hallitus conseil מוֹעֶצֶת מְנַהֲלִים मण्डल odbor tanács(kozó testület) dewan (stjórnar)nefnd, stjórn consiglio 委員会 이사회 valdyba, taryba valde lembaga raad, bestuur styre, nemnd, råd zarząd conselho con­siliu правление; совет rada svet odbor styrelse, direktion, nämnd คณะกรรมการ heyet, kurul 委員會 правління; рада مجلس ، اجلاس ، کسی تنظیم کے منتظمین کا گروہ ban 委员会

v

1 to enter, or get on to (a vehicle, ship, plane etc) This is where we board the bus. aan boord gaan يَرْكَبُ، يَصْعَدُ إلى качвам се на nastoupit do/na stige op i; gå ombord på (be)steigen επιβιβάζομαι σε subir a peale minema سوار شدن؛ وارد شدن nousta monter dans לַעֲלוֹת चढ़ना ukrcati se beszáll naik ganga um borð, fara upp í salire su 乗り込む (배·비행기 등에) 타다 įlipti iekāpt (kuģī, vilcienā, lidmašīnā) naik instappen, aan boord gaan gå/stige på wsiadać entrar a intra în садиться на nastúpiť do sesti v, vkrcati se ući u prevozno sredstvo borda, gå ombord på, stiga på ขึ้น (ยานพาหนะ) binmek 上(船，車，飛機) сісти на корабель, у вагон چڑھنا ، سوار ہونا lên tàu, xe 上（船，车，飞机）

2 to live temporarily and take meals (in someone else's house) He boards at Mrs Smith's during the week. loseer يَتَناوَلُ الطَّعام храня се на пансион stravovat se være på kost og logi sich in Kost befinden bei διαμένω ως οικότροφος alojarse en, estar hospedado en kostil olema اقامت موقت در خانۀ کسی دیگر olla täysihoidossa être en pension chez לְהִתאַכסֵן अस्थायी रूप से किसी के यहां रहना stanovati kod lakik (vkinél teljes ellátással) menumpang vera kostgangari; leigja og vera í fæði essere a pensione 寄宿する 기숙하다 gyventi ir maitintis dzīvot (pie kāda) pansijā membayar makanan dan menginap logeren bo og ha kosten stołować się alojar-se a sta în pensiune la столоваться stravovať sa biti gost pri biti na stanu i hrani kod nekog vara inackorderad พักอาศัยชั่วคราวและกินอาหาร (ในบ้านคนอื่น) pansiyonda kalmak 搭伙 харчуватися عارضی طور ہر رہنا اور کھانا کھانا ăn ở trọ 搭伙

n ˈboarder

a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house. loseerder نَزيل (بأُجْرَه) пансионер strávník pensionær der Kostgänger οικότροφος huésped; interno kostiline کسی که موقتاً در خانۀ شخص دیگری اقامت دارد täysihoitolainen pensionnaire מִתאַכסֵן अस्थायी आवासी podstanar lakó (albérlőként étkezéssel), bennlakó (diák) orang yang menumpang maður sem leigir og er í föstu fæði; leigjandi og kostgangari pensionante 寄宿者 하숙인 gyventojas pansionārs orang yang membayar makanan kostganger pensjonær; kostskoleelev stołownik pensionista persoană care stă într-o pensiune квартирант; пансионер stravník gost gost inackorderad ผู้ที่พักอาศัยชั่วคราวและกินอาหาร (ในบ้านคนอื่น) pansiyoner 寄膳宿者 пансіонер عارضی طور پر رہنے اور کھانا کھانے والا شخص người ở trọ 搭伙者

n ˈboarding-house

a house where people live and take meals as paying guests. losieshuis بَيْتُ النُّزَلاء يُقَدِّمُ المنامَ والطَّعامَ пансион penzión pensionat die Pension οικοτροφείο pensión pansionaat پانسیون täysihoitola pension אַכסַניָה, בֵּית הַאֲרָחָה छात्रावास pansion panzió asrama gistiheimili pensione 下宿屋 하숙집 pensionas pansija rumah asrama pension pensjonat pensjonat pensão pen­siune пансион penzión penzion pansion pensionat, inackorderingsställe บ้านที่มีทั้งห้องพักและอาหารสำหรับคนที่จ่ายค่าเช่า pansiyon 供膳的寄宿處 пансіон رہینے اور کھانا کھانے کی جگہ nhà trọ 供膳的寄宿处

n ˈboarding-school

a school which provides accommodation and food as well as instruction. koshuis, kosskool مَدْرَسَةٌ داخِليَّه училище-интернат internátní škola kostskole das Internat σχολείο με οικότροφους μαθητές internado internaatkool مدرسۀ شبانه روزی sisäoppilaitos pensionnat פְּנִימִייָה आवासीय स्कूल internat bennlakásos iskola sekolah asrama heimavistarskóli collegio, convitto 寄宿学校 기숙 학교 internatinė mokykla internātskola sekolah asrama kostschool kostskole szkoła z internatem internato pension школа-интернат internátna škola internat internat internatskola โรงเรียนประจำ yatılı okul 寄宿學校 школа-пансіон رہائشی اسکول trường nội trú 寄宿学校

also adj across the board

an across-the-board increase. deurgaans يَنْطَبِقُ على الجَميع отнасящ се за всички všeobecný over hele linjen quer durch die Bank γενικός, καθολικός general üldine سرتاسر؛ بطور کلی yleinen général לְכוָּלם सभी मामलों पर लागू करना preko puta az egész vonalon mencakup semua á línuna, í öllum tifellum generale 全面的に 전면적으로 visais lygiais uz visiem attiecināms; vispārējs mencakup semua over de hele linie over hele linjen bez wyjątków, całościowy geral general для всех; во всех случаях všeobecný splošen, na splošno preko granice allmän, generell ให้ทุกคนอย่างเท่าเทียมกัน herkesi kapsayan 全面的 без винятків, безвинятковий تمام صورتوں میں قابلِ اطلاق trên mọi lĩnh vực 全面的

go by the board

to be abandoned All my plans went by the board when I lost my job. deur die mat val يَتْرُكُ ، يَتَخَلّى عَن изоставям padnout pod stůl være uden betydning; være underordnet scheitern ματαιώνομαι, αποτυγχάνω, εγκαταλείπομαι irse al traste, venirse abajo liiva(le) jooksma از دست رفتن؛ ناموفق بودن valua hiekkaan tomber à l'eau לְהִכָּשֵל छोड़ना odustati félredobják, tönkremegy ditinggalkan verða að engu essere spazzato via だめになる 무시되다 sužlugti sabrukt (par plāniem, cerībām u.tml.) ditinggalkan overboord gegooid worden gå over styr, gå tapt spisać na straty, wziąć w łeb ir por água abaixo a se duce pe apa sâmbetei пойти прахом stroskotať pasti v vodo propasti gå över bord (styr), gå om intet ถูกละทิ้ง terkedilmek, bir kenara bırakılmak 落空 бути за бортом رائیگاں جانا bị từ bỏ 落空