[
US
/ˈbɔɹd/
]
[ UK /bˈɔːd/ ]
[ UK /bˈɔːd/ ]
VERB
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provide food and lodging (for)
The old lady is boarding three men - lodge and take meals (at)
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live and take one's meals at or in
she rooms in an old boarding house - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
NOUN
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a table at which meals are served
a feast was spread upon the board
he helped her clear the dining table -
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
he got out the board and set up the pieces - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
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food or meals in general
room and board
she sets a fine table - a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
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a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
he nailed boards across the windows - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
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a committee having supervisory powers
the board has seven members -
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
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
- 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.
- For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)