What does board mean?
Definitions for board
bɔrd, boʊrdboard
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word board.
Princeton's WordNet
boardnoun
a committee having supervisory powers
"the board has seven members"
board, planknoun
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
boardnoun
a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
"he nailed boards across the windows"
board, tablenoun
food or meals in general
"she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
display panel, display board, boardnoun
a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
dining table, boardnoun
a table at which meals are served
"he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panelnoun
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"
circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-innoun
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
board, gameboardverb
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
"he got out the board and set up the pieces"
board, get onverb
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
board, roomverb
live and take one's meals at or in
"she rooms in an old boarding house"
boardverb
lodge and take meals (at)
boardverb
provide food and lodging (for)
"The old lady is boarding three men"
Wiktionary
boardnoun
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
boardnoun
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
boardnoun
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
boardnoun
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
We have to wait to hear back from the board.
boardnoun
Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
Room and board
boardnoun
The side of a ship.
boardnoun
The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
boardnoun
A rebound.
boardnoun
The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
boardverb
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
It is time to board the aircraft.
boardverb
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
boardverb
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
boardverb
To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
boardverb
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
boardverb
To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
boardverb
To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
boardnoun
A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
Etymology: bord, bord, from burdan.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
BOARDnoun
Etymology: baurd, Goth. bræd, Saxon.
With the saw they have sundred trees in boards and planks. Walter Raleigh, Essays.
Every house has a board over the door, whereon is written the number, sex, and quality of the persons living in it. William Temple.
Go now, go trust the wind’s uncertain breath,
Remov’d four fingers from approaching death;
Or seven at most, when thickest is the board. John Dryden, Juv.Soon after which, three hundred lords he slew,
Of British blood, all fitting at his board. Fairy Queen, b. ii.In bed he slept not, for my urging it;
At board he fed not, for my urging it. William Shakespeare, Com. of Err.I’ll follow thee in fun’ral flames; when dead,
My ghost shall thee attend at board and bed. John Denham.Cleopatra made Antony a supper, which was sumptuous and royal; howbeit there was no extraordinary service upon the board. George Hakewill, on Providence.
May ev’ry god his friendly aid afford;
Pan guard thy flock, and Ceres bless thy board. Matthew Prior.Both better acquainted with affairs, than any other who sat then at that board. Edward Hyde.
I wish the king would be pleased sometimes to be present at that board, it adds a majesty to it. Francis Bacon, Advice to Villiers.
Now board to board the rival vessels row,
The billows lave the skies, and ocean groans below. Dryd.Our captain thought his ship in so great danger, that he confessed himself to a capuchin, who was on board. Addison.
He ordered his men to arm long poles with sharp hooks, wherewith they took hold of the tackling, which held the mainyard to the mast of their enemy’s ship; then, rowing their own ship, they cut the tackling, and brought the mainyard by the board. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.
To Boardverb
Etymology: from the noun.
I boarded the king’s ship: now on the beak,
Now in the waste, the deck, in every cabin,
I flam’d amazement. William Shakespeare, Tempest.Yet not inclin’d the English ship to board,
More on his guns relies than on his sword,
From whence a fatal volley we receiv’d;
It miss’d the duke; but his great heart it griev’d. Edmund Waller.Arm, arm, she cry’d, and let our Tyrians board.
With our’s his fleet, and carry fire and sword. John Denham.Whom thus at gaze, the Palmer ’gan to board
With goodly reason, and thus fair bespake. Fairy Q. b. ii.Away, I do beseech you, both away;
I’ll board him presently. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.Sure, unless he knew some strain in me, that I knew not myself, he would never have boarded me in this fury. William Shakespeare.
They learn what associates and correspondents they had, and how far every one is engaged, and what new ones they meant afterwards to try or board. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Having thus boarded the whole room, the edges of some boards lie higher than the next board; therefore they peruse the whole floor; and, where they find any irregularities, plane them off. Joseph Moxon, Mechanical Exercises.
To Boardverb
To place as a boarder in another’s house.
To Boardverb
To live in a house, where a certain rate is paid for eating.
That we might not part,
As we at first did board with thee,
Now thou wouldst taste our misery. George Herbert.We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house; and, after dinner, one of our company stands up, and reads your paper to us all. Spectator, №. 961.
Wikipedia
board
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Webster Dictionary
Boardnoun
a piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc
Boardnoun
a table to put food upon
Boardnoun
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
Boardnoun
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
Boardnoun
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
Boardnoun
paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards
Boardnoun
the stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession
Boardnoun
the border or side of anything
Boardnoun
the side of a ship
Boardnoun
the stretch which a ship makes in one tack
Boardverb
to cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house
Boardnoun
to go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way
Boardnoun
to enter, as a railway car
Boardnoun
to furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals
Boardnoun
to place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable
Boardverb
to obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel
Boardverb
to approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo
Freebase
Board
Boards are a basic component of many buildings. They are fashioned by cutting wood in a Wood Plane or Carpentry Bench. They require the Carpentry skill to produce. With the Wood Treatment tech, ordinary boards can be treated in a Wood Treatment Tank to imbue them with specific characteristics.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Board
bōrd, n. a broad and thin strip of timber: a table to put food on: food: a table round which persons meet for some kind of business: any council or authorised body of men, as a 'school-board:' the deck of a ship: (pl.) the stage: a kind of thick stiff paper, as in pasteboard, Bristol-board, esp. that used in the binding of books.—v.t. to cover with boards: to supply with food at fixed terms: to enter a ship: to attack.—v.i. to receive food or take meals.—ns. Board′er, one who receives board (food): one who boards a ship; Board′ing, the act of covering with boards: the covering itself: act of boarding a ship; Board′ing-house, a house where boarders are kept; Board′ing-pike, a pike used in boarding a ship, or in defending it when attacked; Board′ing-school, a school in which board is given as well as instruction; Board′-school, a school under control of a school-board, as elected by the Elementary Education Act of 1870.—n.pl. Board′-wā′ges, wages allowed to servants to keep themselves in food.—Above board, openly.—By the board, over the board or side of a ship—hence, To go by the board, to be lost or destroyed.—To sweep the board, to take all the cards. [A.S. bord, a board, the side of a ship; Ice. borð, the side of a ship: conn. either with Bear or with Broad.]
The New Hacker's Dictionary
board
1. In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups (but see usage note under bboard, sense 1). 2. An electronic circuit board.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
board
An organized group of individuals within a joint force commander
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
BOARD
An implement for administering corporal punishment, used by mothers and land-ladies. "The Festive Board" may be a shingle, a hair-brush a fish-hash breakfast or a stewed prune supper.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
board
Certain offices under the control of the executive government, where the business of any particular department is carried on: as the Board of Admiralty, the Navy Board, Board of Ordnance, India Board, Board of Trade, &c. Also, timber sawn to a less thickness than plank: all broad stuff of under 1-1/2 inch in thickness. (See PLANK.) Also, the space comprehended between any two places when the ship changes her course by tacking; or, it is the line over which she runs between tack and tack when working to windward, or sailing against the direction of the wind.--To make a good board. To sail in a straight line when close-hauled, without deviating to leeward.--To make short boards, is to tack frequently before the ship has run any great length of way.--To make a stern board, is when by a current, or any other accident, the vessel comes head to wind, the helm is shifted, and she has fallen back on the opposite tack, losing what she had gained, instead of having advanced beyond it. To make a stern board is frequently a very critical as well as seamanlike operation, as in very close channels. The vessel is allowed to run up into the wind until she has shot up to the weather danger; the helm is then shifted, and with all aback forward, she falls short off on the opposite tack. Such is also achieved at anchor in club-hauling (which see).--To board a ship, is to enter her in a hostile manner in order to take forcible possession of her, either from the attacking ship or by armed boats. The word board has various other applications among seamen:--To go aboard signifies to go into the ship.--To slip by the board, is to slip down a ship's side.--To board it up, is to beat up, sometimes on one tack and sometimes on another.--The weather-board is the side of the ship which is to windward.--By the board, close to a ship's deck.
Editors Contribution
board
A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.
The are various types of boards eg blackboard, chalkboard, surf board, etc.
Submitted by MaryC on March 9, 2020
board
An organized group of people with an accurate and specific role, responsibility, goals, objectives, rules strategy, structure, vision and purpose.
The board of governors had a great meeting and all were delighted.
Submitted by MaryC on February 25, 2020
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Board
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
BOARD
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Board is ranked #8388 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Board surname appeared 3,946 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Board.
71.9% or 2,839 total occurrences were White.
21% or 829 total occurrences were Black.
3.1% or 126 total occurrences were of two or more races.
2.6% or 105 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
0.8% or 34 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'board' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #754
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'board' in Written Corpus Frequency: #813
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'board' in Nouns Frequency: #239
Anagrams for board »
abord
broad
dobra
bardo
dorab
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of board in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of board in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of board in a Sentence
We've gone in and worked in slightly more controversial ways, working strongly with marginalized communities that people don't want to embrace. We get the results and we make a compelling case for it to be expanded, in most places, when a government sees it works, they come on board. I don't think there's been a country that we've worked in that it hasn't worked.
The board has directed that the company's management team end a practice in which certain employees posed as animal rights activists in connection with efforts to maintain the safety and security of company employees, customers and animals in the face of credible threats that the company had received.
Between the staff, graphic designers, board members, whoever approved this image, I can't imagine that there wasn't at least one person who didn't see what the rest of the community has seen as far as what this image evokes for many of us.
Parents are very involved. We've got school boards. We've got the state board. We've got great curriculum here in Virginia.
The practice of electing not only teacher union members but retired superintendents and family members to school boards is becoming a common practice in Illinois, and it presents a very high conflict of interest in board decisions and negotiations. Not only does it encourage above-normal pay increases and benefits. It allows corruption and nepotism to flourish.
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Translations for board
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- таҡтаBashkir
- дъска́, съвет, качвам се на борда, мантинела, табло, борд, взимам на абордаж, табло́Bulgarian
- prkno, deska, tabuleCzech
- bestyrelseDanish
- Brett, Gremium, an Bord gehen, einsteigen, entern, Pult, Tafel, Schlag, beherbergenGerman
- πίνακας, επιτροπή, σανίδα, συμβούλιο, διατροφή, σίτισηGreek
- tabuloEsperanto
- tablero, tabla, comité, junta, pizarra, pizarrón, embarcar, buró, abordar, consejo, bordoSpanish
- tahvelEstonian
- تخته, پول غذا و مکان, هیئتPersian
- halssi, lauta, levypallo, ruoka, kytkintaulu, taulu, majoittaa, majoittua, levy, hallitus, johtokunta, lautakunta, kylki, legi, luovi, laita, sähkötaulu, nousta, entrataFinnish
- planche, compteur, aborder, tableau, plateau, conseil d'administration, embarquerFrench
- clárIrish
- oastys, aaghtManx
- לוּחַHebrew
- मंडलHindi
- felszáll, élelmezHungarian
- 板, ホワイトボード, 委員会, 乗り込む, 宿泊料金, 黒板Japanese
- ფიცარიGeorgian
- تهختهKurdish
- такта, стол, кемеге отурKyrgyz
- dēlis, borts, tāfeleLatvian
- papa, eke, papatuhituhi, poariMāori
- പലകMalayalam
- papanMalay
- logement, paneel, bord, instappen, logies verschaffen, enteren, plank, controlebord, aan boord gaan, opstappen, raad, logerenDutch
- brett, entre, gå ombord, bord, vant, borde, planke, tavle, styre, losjere, panelNorwegian
- tábua, rebatida, painel de controle, quadro, embarcar, hospedar, conselho, comitê, diária, taco, despesa, lousa, [[hospedar]]-[[se]], bordo, juntaPortuguese
- scândurăRomanian
- сесть, правле́ние, комите́т, столова́ться, [[идти́]] [[на]] [[аборда́ж]], доска́, стол, стенд, панель, сове́т, руково́дство, [[подня́ться]]/[[поднима́ться]] [[на]] [[бо́рт]], колле́гия, [[предоставля́ть]] [[пансио́н]], пала́та, борт, коммута́тор, сади́ться, таблоRussian
- odbor, komitetSerbo-Croatian
- dhogëAlbanian
- tavla, styrelse, gå ombord, borda, äntra, bräda, skiva, nämnd, inackorderaSwedish
- baoSwahili
- సమితి, నల్లబల్ల, తెల్లబల్ల, బోర్డు, చెక్కబల్లTelugu
- borda, tahta, bordalamakTurkish
- bảngVietnamese
- ברעטYiddish
- 板Chinese
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