Board

Board may refer to:

Wooden boards as used in construction.

Board, a piece of lumber, or other rigid material made of wood, milled or sawn flat
Surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard (often made of fibreglass)
Board of directors or a similar governing or advisory committee
Mixing console, also called a sound board, a device for combining, routing, and changing the level, tone, and/or dynamics of audio signals
Bulletin board system or Internet forum
Bulletin board, a place where people can leave public messages
Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge
Board game
Board or level, a distinct area in or stage of a video game
Chalkboard or whiteboard, a reusable writing surface
Board, use of accommodations in a house or hotel; to stay at school during term time, and sleep in a dormitory
Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper

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Dictionary

-noun

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
(nautical) The side of a ship.
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
(basketball, slang) A rebound.
(ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
(archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

-verb

(transitive) 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) (nautical) To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
(intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

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