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board
noun
1 a long flat strip of wood.
2 (often in compounds ) a piece of material resembling this, made from fibres compressed together chipboard .
3 (often in compounds )
a a flat piece of wood or other hard solid material, used for a specified purpose or of a specified kind notice board ironing board blackboard ;
b a slab, table or other flat surface prepared for playing a game on chessboard dart-board .
4 thick stiff card used eg for binding books.
5 a person's meals, provided in return for money bed and board .
6 a an official group of people controlling or managing an organization, etc, or examining or interviewing candidates a board of examiners ;
b (also board of directors) a group of individual directors appointed by a company, who are collectively responsible for its management.
7 naut the side of a ship.
8 (the boards) a theatre stage tread the boards .
verb (boarded , boarding )
1 to enter or get onto (a ship, aeroplane, bus, etc).
2 (usu board something up) to cover (a gap or entrance) with boards.
3 intr
a to receive accommodation and meals in someone else's house, in return for payment I boarded with Mrs Green ;
b to receive accommodation and meals at school; to attend school as a boarder (sense 2).
4 to provide someone with accommodation and meals in return for payment.
5 (also board someone out) to arrange for them to receive accommodation and meals away from home.
[Anglo-Saxon bord ]
above board openly (see also separate entry above-board).
across the board see under across.
go by the board colloq to be given up or ignored
[From nautical usage, meaning to fall or be thrown over the side of a ship].
on board on or into a ship or aeroplane, etc.
sweep the board
1 to win everything or take all the prizes.
2 cards , betting to take (ie win) all the cards or money from the board (see noun 3b above).
take something on board to understand or accept (new ideas or responsibilities, etc).
noun
1 a long flat strip of wood.
2 (often in compounds ) a piece of material resembling this, made from fibres compressed together chipboard .
3 (often in compounds )
a a flat piece of wood or other hard solid material, used for a specified purpose or of a specified kind notice board ironing board blackboard ;
b a slab, table or other flat surface prepared for playing a game on chessboard dart-board .
4 thick stiff card used eg for binding books.
5 a person's meals, provided in return for money bed and board .
6 a an official group of people controlling or managing an organization, etc, or examining or interviewing candidates a board of examiners ;
b (also board of directors) a group of individual directors appointed by a company, who are collectively responsible for its management.
7 naut the side of a ship.
8 (the boards) a theatre stage tread the boards .
verb (boarded , boarding )
1 to enter or get onto (a ship, aeroplane, bus, etc).
2 (usu board something up) to cover (a gap or entrance) with boards.
3 intr
a to receive accommodation and meals in someone else's house, in return for payment I boarded with Mrs Green ;
b to receive accommodation and meals at school; to attend school as a boarder (sense 2).
4 to provide someone with accommodation and meals in return for payment.
5 (also board someone out) to arrange for them to receive accommodation and meals away from home.
[Anglo-Saxon bord ]
above board openly (see also separate entry above-board).
across the board see under across.
go by the board colloq to be given up or ignored
[From nautical usage, meaning to fall or be thrown over the side of a ship].
on board on or into a ship or aeroplane, etc.
sweep the board
1 to win everything or take all the prizes.
2 cards , betting to take (ie win) all the cards or money from the board (see noun 3b above).
take something on board to understand or accept (new ideas or responsibilities, etc).
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