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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

∙ A rebound. basketball, informal

BABYLON ENGLISH
board n.
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

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
board
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. 8. ?92.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
7. pl. the stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
8. [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.
similar words(67)

bulletin board system
cribbage board
retiring board
gathering board
bulletin board
valance board
emery board
to make a good board
tea board
tackle board
control board
bed and board
weather-board
from bed and board
board or table
bristol board
memory board
internet architecture board
across-the-board
backgammon board
log board
board wages
batule board
board of trade unit
zoning board
float board
board of treasury
board and board
mortar board
board and board
follow board
hole board
board of control
vestry board
board of trade
chimney board
leather board
crayon board
board rule
returning board
valley board
baffle board
circuit board
the american board
ledger board
display board
switch board
stern board
by the board
compass board
paddle board
Next >>
@@board

running board
ladle board
throwing board
on board
tar board
gang board
free board
traverse board
finger board
electronic bulletin board
trestle board
council board
printed circuit board
ironing board
to go by the board
writing board

WORDNET 2.0
board
Noun
1. a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
(hypernym) committee, commission
(hyponym) appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals
(member-meronym) director
2. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
(hypernym) sheet, flat solid
(hyponym) aquaplane
3. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
(synonym) plank
(hypernym) lumber, timber
(hyponym) matchboard
(part-meronym) knot
4. a board on which information can be displayed to public view
(synonym) display panel, display board
(hypernym) display
(hyponym) big board
5. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
(synonym) gameboard
(hypernym) surface
(hyponym) backgammon board
6. food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
(synonym) table
(hypernym) fare
(hyponym) training table
(derivation) room
7. electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
(synonym) control panel, instrument panel, control board, panel
(hypernym) electrical device
(hyponym) dashboard
(part-meronym) idiot light
8. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
(synonym) circuit board, circuit card, card
(hypernym) printed circuit
(hyponym) CPU board, mother board
9. a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
(synonym) dining table
(hypernym) table
(hyponym) dinner table
(derivation) room
Verb
1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
(synonym) get on
(hypernym) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
(hyponym) embark, ship
(derivation) boarder
2. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
(synonym) room
(hypernym) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
(derivation) table
3. lodge and take meals (at)
(hypernym) use, habituate
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(derivation) table
4. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) live in, sleep in
(entail) feed, give
(derivation) table

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Board
Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surfaceLumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flatPlank (wood)Cutting boardSounding board, of a musical instrumentCardboard (paper product)PaperboardCorrugated fiberboardFiberboardParticle board, also known as chipboardA reusable writing surfaceChalkboardWhiteboard
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BOARD International
BOARD International S.A. is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software vendor known for its BOARD toolkit. The company is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1994. While its core markets are still located in Europe, BOARD International has been expanding globally and now operates in 15 countries worldwide. It has a total of over 2,500 customers from a number of different industries, including large international corporations such as ABB, Best Western, GlaxoSmithKline, NEC, Nike and Puma.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

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

∙ A rebound. basketball, informal

BABYLON ENGLISH
board n.
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

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
board
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. 8. ?92.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
7. pl. the stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
8. [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.
similar words(67)

bulletin board system
cribbage board
retiring board
gathering board
bulletin board
valance board
emery board
to make a good board
tea board
tackle board
control board
bed and board
weather-board
from bed and board
board or table
bristol board
memory board
internet architecture board
across-the-board
backgammon board
log board
board wages
batule board
board of trade unit
zoning board
float board
board of treasury
board and board
mortar board
board and board
follow board
hole board
board of control
vestry board
board of trade
chimney board
leather board
crayon board
board rule
returning board
valley board
baffle board
circuit board
the american board
ledger board
display board
switch board
stern board
by the board
compass board
paddle board
Next >>
@@board

running board
ladle board
throwing board
on board
tar board
gang board
free board
traverse board
finger board
electronic bulletin board
trestle board
council board
printed circuit board
ironing board
to go by the board
writing board

WORDNET 2.0
board
Noun
1. a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
(hypernym) committee, commission
(hyponym) appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals
(member-meronym) director
2. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
(hypernym) sheet, flat solid
(hyponym) aquaplane
3. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
(synonym) plank
(hypernym) lumber, timber
(hyponym) matchboard
(part-meronym) knot
4. a board on which information can be displayed to public view
(synonym) display panel, display board
(hypernym) display
(hyponym) big board
5. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
(synonym) gameboard
(hypernym) surface
(hyponym) backgammon board
6. food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
(synonym) table
(hypernym) fare
(hyponym) training table
(derivation) room
7. electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
(synonym) control panel, instrument panel, control board, panel
(hypernym) electrical device
(hyponym) dashboard
(part-meronym) idiot light
8. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
(synonym) circuit board, circuit card, card
(hypernym) printed circuit
(hyponym) CPU board, mother board
9. a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
(synonym) dining table
(hypernym) table
(hyponym) dinner table
(derivation) room
Verb
1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
(synonym) get on
(hypernym) enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
(hyponym) embark, ship
(derivation) boarder
2. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
(synonym) room
(hypernym) dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
(derivation) table
3. lodge and take meals (at)
(hypernym) use, habituate
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
(derivation) table
4. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
(hypernym) provide, supply, ply, cater
(hyponym) live in, sleep in
(entail) feed, give
(derivation) table

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Board
Board or Boards may refer to:

Flat surfaceLumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flatPlank (wood)Cutting boardSounding board, of a musical instrumentCardboard (paper product)PaperboardCorrugated fiberboardFiberboardParticle board, also known as chipboardA reusable writing surfaceChalkboardWhiteboard
See more at Wikipedia.org...
BOARD International
BOARD International S.A. is a Business Intelligence (BI) and Corporate Performance Management (CPM) software vendor known for its BOARD toolkit. The company is headquartered in Lugano, Switzerland, where it was founded in 1994. While its core markets are still located in Europe, BOARD International has been expanding globally and now operates in 15 countries worldwide. It has a total of over 2,500 customers from a number of different industries, including large international corporations such as ABB, Best Western, GlaxoSmithKline, NEC, Nike and Puma.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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