Etymology : Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ships side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ships side
Pronunciation : bOrd, bord
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. plank, slab; management committee; printed circuit board which connects to a slot in a computer (Computers); food. cover with planks; get on, go aboard (train, etc.); accommodate, house; be accommodated, be housed. board\board\ , n. [oe. bord, as. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, icel. bor board, side of a ship, goth. f tu-baurd]/> footstool, d. bord board, g. brett, bort. see:
def.
2. ?92.].
3. a piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.note: when sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank.
4. a table to put food upon.note: the term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles. fruit of all kinds she gathers, tribute large, and on the board heaps with unsparing hand.
5. 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.
6. 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. both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board. we may judge from their letters to the board.
7. 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.
8. paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
9. pl. the stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
10. [in this use originally perh. a different word meaning border, margin; cf. d. boord, g. bord, shipboard, and g. borte trimming; also f. bord (fr. g.) the side of a ship. cf. border.] the border or side of anything. (naut.) (a) the side of a ship. "now board to board the rival vessels row." see:
on board, below. (b) the stretch which a ship makes in one tack.note: board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure.
11. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, used for building, etc.
12. A table to put food upon.
13. 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.
14. A table at which a council or court is held.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
18. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
19. The border or side of anything.
20. The side of a ship.
21. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
22. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
23. To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
24. To enter, as a railway car.
25. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
26. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
27. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
28. To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" a flat portable surface designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes provide food and lodging ; "The old lady is boarding three men" lodge and take meals get on board of live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house".
29. 1. A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose. a chopping board.
30. A board is a square piece of wood or stiff cardboard that you use for playing games such as chess. a draughts board.
31. You can refer to a blackboard or a noticeboard as a board. He wrote a few more notes on the board.
32. Boards are long flat pieces of wood which are used, for example, to make floors or walls. The floor was draughty bare boards.
33. The board of a company or organization is the group of people who control it and direct it. Arthur wants to put his recommendation before the board at a meeting tomorrow. the agenda for the September 12 board meeting. see also:
board of directors = management.
34. Board is used in the names of various organizations which are involved in dealing with a particular kind of activity. The Scottish Tourist Board said 33,000 Japanese visited Scotland last year. the US National Transportation Safety Board.
35. When you board a train, ship, or aircraft, you get on it in order to travel somewhere. I boarded the plane bound for England. = get on.
36. Board is the food which is provided when you stay somewhere, for example in a hotel. Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff. see also:
bulletin board.
37. An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly. All I knew about were Antony's own financial dealings, which were always above board.
38. If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group. There are hefty charges across the board for one-way rental The President promised across-the-board tax cuts if re-elected.
39. If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible. It's a case of not what you know but who you know in this world today and qualifications quite go by the board.
40. When you are on board a train, ship, or aircraft, you are on it or in it. They arrived at Gatwick airport on board a plane chartered by the Italian government a naval task force with two thousand marines on board.
41. If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win. Spain swept the board in boys' team competitions.
42. If you take on board an idea or a problem, you begin to accept it or understand it. I hope that they will take on board some of what you have said. Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka bulletin board system marketing board National Film Board of Canada National Labor Relations Board Ouija board Trade Board of.
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