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[ US /ˈbɔɹd/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔːd/ ]
VERB
  1. provide food and lodging (for)
    The old lady is boarding three men
  2. lodge and take meals (at)
  3. live and take one's meals at or in
    she rooms in an old boarding house
  4. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
NOUN
  1. a table at which meals are served
    a feast was spread upon the board
    he helped her clear the dining table
  2. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
    he got out the board and set up the pieces
  3. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
  4. food or meals in general
    room and board
    she sets a fine table
  5. a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
  6. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
    he nailed boards across the windows
  7. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
  8. a committee having supervisory powers
    the board has seven members
  9. electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
    suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree
    he checked the instrument panel
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How To Use board In A Sentence

  • Jeff, clad in board trunks and a T-shirt, leans back in his chair with the lappie on his, uhhh, lap, and his bare feet up on the desk. Savages
  • Mr Boardman said: ‘I was out walking with my wife and dog when we happened across a little cove and we found the creature in the flotsam that had been washed up.’
  • It was a beautiful wooden skiff, with a little outboard motor, perfect for his part-time second occupation of working a few pots to catch crustacea to sell to local pubs and restaurants.
  • The cash raising was not unexpected and allows a few more shareholders on board. Times, Sunday Times
  • Develop circuit board designs using CAD tools to capture schematics and create bill of material documentation.
  • The score may actually have been 32-0, but it seems the scoreboard operator could not keep up.
  • The Danish Dairy Board and the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries supported this study.
  • The building is dark brick topped by pinky-coloured concrete block walls, white plastic-looking fascia board, black plastic guttering and an artificial slate roof.
  • Xmas hurtles at us like a skateboarding troll trundling downhill - it's big, impressive, but to be viewed with a certain trepidation by those in its path. Toys R Us - Military Sword & Sorcery is coming ("#### Harry Potter! Daddy, where's my axe?")
  • He presided over the job placement blackboard beside the trading floor.
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