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board

Noun

∙ A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
∙ A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
∙ A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
∙ Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
∙ A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
∙ Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging. uncountable
∙ The side of a ship. nautical
∙ The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward. nautical
∙ The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural. ice hockey
∙ A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall. archaic
∙ Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
∙ A level or stage having a particular layout. video games

Verb

∙ To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. transitive
∙ To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money. transitive
∙ To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money. transitive
∙ To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party transitive, nautical
∙ To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation intransitive
∙ To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost. transitive, now rare
∙ To cover with boards or boarding.
∙ To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
∙ To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard. transitive

Noun

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