What's The Definition Of Board?
[n] a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
[n] a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
[n] a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
[n] electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
[n] a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
[n] a board on which information can be displayed to public view
[n] food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
[n] a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
[n] a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
[v] provide food and lodging (for)
[v] lodge and take meals (at)
[v] get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
[v] live and take one's meals (in a certain place)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Board: card |
circuit board |
circuit card |
control board |
control panel |
dining table |
display board |
display panel |
gameboard |
get on |
instrument panel |
panel |
plank |
room |
table
Related Terms | Find terms related to Board: 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
See Also | advisory board |
appeal board |
appeals board |
aquaplane |
backgammon board |
big board |
board member |
board of appeals |
board of directors |
board of education |
board of selectmen |
bread board |
breadboard |
bulletin board |
catch |
cater |
checkerboard |
chipboard |
chopping board |
come in |
commission |
committee |
consume |
CPU board |
cribbage board |
cutting board |
dart board |
dartboard |
dashboard |
deal |
dinner table |
director |
directorate |
display |
domicile |
domiciliate |
draft board |
drafting board |
drainboard |
draining board |
drawing board |
dwell |
electrical device |
embark |
enter |
entrain |
fare |
Federal Reserve Board |
feed |
flat solid |
floor board |
floorboard |
get in |
get into |
give |
go board |
go in |
go into |
governing board |
habituate |
hardboard |
have |
high table |
idiot light |
ingest |
inhabit |
ironing board |
kneeler |
knot |
knothole |
live |
live in |
lumber |
matchboard |
monopoly board |
mortarboard |
mother board |
move into |
notice board |
Ouija |
Ouija board |
palette |
pallet |
PC board |
pegboard |
people |
planchette |
planning board |
ply |
populate |
printed circuit |
provide |
punchboard |
refectory table |
reside |
school board |
scoreboard |
shack |
sheet |
ship |
sideboard |
skateboard |
skid |
sleep in |
springboard |
strake |
supply |
surface |
surfboard |
table |
take |
take in |
timber |
training table |
trencher |
use |
wakeboard |
wale |
workboard |
zoning board
Board In Webster's Dictionary
\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.
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.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to
receive news or make a communication. --Totten.
3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings,
for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's
horse at a livery stable.
\Board\, v. i.
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for
compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board
in the same house. --Spectator.
\Board\, v. t. [F. aborder. See {Abord}, v. t.]
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.]
I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder
when the clouds in autumn crack. --Shak.
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