Board

Definition:

  • (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
  • (n.) A table to put food upon.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
  • (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
  • (n.) The border or side of anything.
  • (n.) The side of a ship.
  • (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
  • (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
  • (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
  • (n.) To enter, as a railway car.
  • (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
  • (n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
  • (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
  • (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

Compare board with other words:

board vs. chat

board vs. rack

board vs. byard

board vs. bourd

board vs. hoard

board vs. boyard

bard vs. board

boar vs. board

beard vs. board

board vs. conference

backer vs. board

board vs. seaboard

board vs. cupboard

board vs. body

board vs. food

authority vs. board

board vs. flashboard

board vs. notchboard

board vs. planching

board vs. wany

astel vs. board

board vs. fireboard

board vs. underboard

board vs. boardable

board vs. gameboard

board vs. shittah

board vs. directory

board vs. frontier

board vs. sail

board vs. slat

board vs. council

board vs. embank

board vs. tired

board vs. tablet

abroad vs. board

board vs. mobile

board vs. ministry

board vs. content

board vs. lodge

board vs. overboard

board vs. take

board vs. plate

board vs. bored

board vs. tabler

board vs. sheeting

board vs. jointer

board vs. crippler

board vs. tailboard

board vs. signboard

board vs. tabling

board vs. solitaire

board vs. selectman

board vs. footboard

board vs. scratch

board vs. lapboard

board vs. garboard

board vs. riddle

board vs. entrain

board vs. sideboard

board vs. boarding

board vs. stretcher

board vs. tassel

board vs. coop

board vs. draughts

board vs. public

board vs. trip

board vs. travel

board vs. site

board vs. forums

board vs. palette

board vs. embark

board vs. bord

board vs. table

board vs. timber

board vs. default

board vs. land

bar vs. board

board vs. kennel

board vs. ejector

board vs. stick

board vs. common

board vs. found

board vs. chairperson

board vs. hole

board vs. rebound

approach vs. board

board vs. statedly

accost vs. board

board vs. invading

board vs. obtain

alongside vs. board

board vs. grappling

board vs. enemy

board vs. money

board vs. receive

board vs. capture

board vs. exchange

board vs. provide

board vs. conveyance

board vs. train

board vs. enter

board vs. climb

board vs. slab

board vs. veneer

board vs. step

board vs. plank

board vs. pole

board vs. lath

beam vs. board

batten vs. board

board vs. weatherboard

board vs. outboard

board vs. keyboard

board vs. dashboard

board vs. clapboard

board vs. clapperboard

board vs. checkerboard

baseboard vs. board

aboard vs. board

board vs. medieval

board vs. rink

board vs. wall

board vs. windward

board vs. vessel

board vs. sailing

board vs. tack

board vs. ship

board vs. distance

board vs. lodging

board vs. side

board vs. meal

amount vs. board

board vs. paid

board vs. organization

board vs. business

board vs. manage

board vs. committee

blackboard vs. board

board vs. chessboard

board vs. connection

board vs. sound

board vs. telephone

board vs. light

board vs. control

board vs. switch

board vs. electrical

board vs. wood

board vs. construction

board vs. room

board vs. point