# board
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bôd, IPA: /bɔːd/
* (General American) enPR: bôrd, IPA: /bɔɹd/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōrd, IPA: /bo(ː)ɹd/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōəd, IPA: /boəd/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
* Homophones: bored; baud, bawd (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

#### Noun

board (countable and uncountable, plural boards)
* A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
* 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.
    Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
* Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
* A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
    We have to wait to hear back from the board.
* (uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
    board and lodging
    room and board
    His board was served by his landlady, the owner of the boarding house. [meals]
    His board seemed a bit steep, but he accepted it because the house was clean and his fellow lodgers were respectful neighbors. [price for meals]
* (nautical) The side of a ship.
** 1697, Virgil, “The Fifth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:Now board to board the rival vessels row.
* (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
* (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
* (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
** 1667, John Milton, “Book V”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:Fruit of all kinds […] / She gathers, tribute large, and on the board / Heaps with unsparing hand.
** 1890, Algernon Blackwood, Christmas in England, Methodist Magazine Volume 32 pg 481.
    The real beginning of the festivities is on Christmas-eve, when the large parties meet their friends from far and near round the festive board.
** 2007, J. R. R. Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien, The Children of Húrin:Túrin took a seat without heed, for he was wayworn, and filled with thought; and by ill-luck he set himself at a board among the elders of the realm, and in that place where Saeros was accustomed to sit.
* Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
    to bind a book in boards
* (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
** 2004, Dan Whitehead, Martyn Carroll, Shaun Bebbington, “Future Shocks”, in Your Sinclair, number 94:The object of the game is to move the smiley face over the preset board, in doing so removing the green squares and ending up at the exit […]
** 2015, Hiddenstuff Entertainment, Candy Crush Soda Saga Game Guide, page 23:You are able to then change a color candy with any candy around the board, similar to the way you are able to with color bomb candies.
* (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
* (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. Board (duplicate bridge)
* (Philippines, local government) A provincial assembly or council.

##### Hyponyms

* baseboard
* blackboard
* bodyboard, body board
* boogie board
* bulletin board
* centreboard, centerboard
* chalkboard
* checkerboard
* chessboard
* chipboard
* circuit board
* clapboard
* clapperboard
* corkboard
* dartboard
* dashboard
* destination board
* drawing board
* duckboard
* emery board
* floorboard, floor board
* gas board
* ironing board
* keyboard
* outboard
* particle board
* plasterboard
* poster board
* protoboard
* rubboard
* sandwich board
* scrub board
* skateboard
* skirting board
* snowboard
* sounding board
* spine board
* surfboard
* thumbboard
* water board
* weatherboard
* whiteboard

##### Derived terms

* A board
* aboard
* above board
* above-board
* academy board
* across-the-board
* across the board
* airboard
* all over the board
* aquaboard
* artboard
* audioboard
* back board
* backerboard
* backer board
* back to the drawing board
* back to the old drawing board
* bakeboard
* baking board
* balance board
* bare board
* barge board
* barnboard
* barrier board
* battenboard
* beadboard
* bear board
* beaverboard
* bed and board
* bedboard
* billboard
* bitboard
* blockboard
* boardable
* board and board
* board and lodging
* board bags
* board book
* boardcard
* board-certified
* board climbing
* boarden
* boarder
* board finger
* board-foot
* board foot
* boardful
* board game
* board gamer
* boardie
* boardless
* boardlike
* board lot
* board meeting
* board member
* board of advisors
* board of appeals
* board of control
* board of directors
* board of fellows
* board of governors
* board of overseers
* board of regents
* board of review
* board of supervisors
* board of trustees
* board of visitors
* board out
* boardrider
* boardroom
* board room
* board-room
* board rule
* boardsailing
* boardsailor
* board school
* board-shorted
* boardshorts
* board shorts
* boardslide
* boardsman
* boardsport
* board up
* board wage
* boardwalk
* boardwear
* boardy
* bodyboard
* boogie-board
* boogieboard
* boot board
* boxboard
* breadboard
* bread board
* breakout board
* bridgeboard
* Bristol board
* buckboard
* bulletin board service
* bulletin board system
* busy board
* butter board
* callboard
* campus board
* caneboard
* cantboard
* canvasboard
* cardboard
* cardiac board
* cement board
* center-board
* centre-board
* cheeseboard
* chess board
* chimney board
* chipboard
* chopping board
* clapper board
* clipboard, clip board
* coboard
* communication board
* composite board insulation
* containerboard
* cork-board
* cover board
* cradleboard
* crayon board
* cribbage board
* crib board
* cupboard
* cutting board
* daggerboard
* dagger board
* dandle board
* daughterboard
* deal board
* deboard
* dirtboard
* dishboard
* distribution board
* diving-board
* diving board
* divorce from bed and board
* double-board
* down to every move on the board
* draft board
* drafting board
* drainboard
* draining board
* draughtboard
* draughtsboard
* dream board
* dummy board
* dustboard
* earthboard
* end board
* endboard
* enter on the boards
* executive board
* fallboard
* feedboard
* fenderboard
* fiberboard
* fibreboard
* fingerboard
* fireboard
* fire board
* fire-board
* flakeboard
* flannelboard
* flapper board
* flipboard
* float board
* floatboard
* floodboard
* floorboard
* flutterboard
* foamboard
* foam board
* foilboard
* follow board
* food and board
* footboard
* formboard
* free board
* free on board
* fretboard
* full board
* funboard
* fuseboard
* Galton board
* gameboard
* game board
* gaming board
* gangboard
* gathering board
* geoboard
* glueboard
* go back to the drawing board
* go by the board
* grayboard
* greaseboard
* greenboard
* greyboard
* groaning board
* guideboard
* guide board
* gypsum board
* half board
* handboard
* hangboard
* hardboard
* headboard
* hearth board
* heck board
* hit the board
* hole-board test
* honours board
* hoverboard
* hunt board
* huntboard
* hymnboard
* iceboard
* idiot board
* illustration board
* imageboard
* ironing-board
* junkboard
* KED board
* kick-board
* kickboard
* killboard
* kiteboard
* kneeboard
* knifeboard
* laminboard
* lampboard
* lapboard
* leaderboard
* leader board
* leaning board
* leatherboard
* ledger board
* leeboard
* lens board
* letterboard
* lightboard
* local board
* logboard
* logic board
* longboard
* long spine board
* loserboard
* magnetic drawing board
* mainboard
* mantelboard
* markerboard
* matboard
* matchboard
* menu board
* mezzanine board
* millboard
* miniboard
* misboard
* mixing board
* modesty board
* moldboard
* monkeyboard
* monoboard
* mood board
* mood-board
* mopboard
* mortarboard
* motorboard
* mouldboard
* mountainboard
* mountboard
* multiboard
* murder board
* nameboard, name board
* newsboard
* nonboard
* notchboard
* notice-board
* notice board
* oddsboard
* off board
* offboard
* onboard
* on-board
* on board
* orderboard
* Ouija board
* overboard
* over-the-board
* over the board
* paceboard
* packboard
* paddleboard
* paddle board
* paling board
* panelboard
* paper board
* paperboard
* papoose board
* parochial board
* parole board
* particle-board
* patchboard
* pattern board
* pedalboard
* pegboard
* photoboard
* pig board
* pill board
* pinboard
* pitboard
* plankboard
* playboard
* play the board
* plugboard
* plyboard
* posterboard
* power board
* pre-board
* preboard
* pressboard
* printed circuit board
* pulpboard
* punchboard
* rabbit board
* rackboard
* raising board
* readerboard
* reboard
* reclining board
* rescue board
* ride the boards
* ringboard
* riverboard
* rocker board
* rollerboard
* room and board
* rub-board
* rub board
* running board
* sailboard
* sail on another board
* sandboard
* sausage board
* scaleboard
* school board
* scoreboard
* scraperboard
* scratchboard
* scrieve board
* scrubboard
* scumboard
* seaboard
* shaving board
* shipboard
* shooting board
* shopboard
* shortboard
* shoulderboard
* shoveboard
* shuffleboard
* sideboard
* signboard
* single-board
* skiboard
* skimboard
* skimboarding
* skirtboard
* skirting-board
* skyboard
* sleeve board
* slipboard
* smartboard
* smoke board
* softboard
* soundboard
* sounding-board
* speedboard
* spinal board
* spine-board
* spirit board
* splashboard
* sprayboard
* spreadboard
* springboard
* stabbing board
* stallboard
* starboard
* statutory board
* stiff as a board
* stim board
* stopboard, stop board
* storyboard
* strawboard
* stringboard
* stripboard
* subboard
* Sunday board
* superboard
* supervisory board
* sweep the board
* table board
* tackboard
* tagboard
* tailboard
* take on board
* talkboard
* talking board
* taskboard
* tea board
* teaboard
* tea-board
* teeterboard
* tens across the board
* textboard
* threshing-board
* threshing board
* throwboard
* throw board
* throw-board
* tileboard
* toeboard
* tote board
* transportation safety board
* transport safety board
* traverse board
* treadboard
* tread the boards
* trestleboard
* trestle board
* trestle-board
* unboard
* underboard
* valley board
* vergeboard
* Veroboard
* video board
* videoboard
* vision board
* waferboard
* wakeboard
* walkboard
* wallboard
* washboard
* waterboard
* wheatboard
* whistle board
* wind-board
* windboard
* windsurf board
* wobble board
* workboard
* writing board
* yachtboard

##### Descendants

* → Japanese: ボード (bōdo)

##### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

##### See also

* batten
* beam
* lath
* plank
* pole
* slab
* veneer

#### Verb

board (third-person singular simple present boards, present participle boarding, simple past and past participle boarded)
* (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
    It is time to board the aircraft.
** 1862, Benjamin J. Totten, Naval Text-Book, and Dictionary, for the use of the Midshipmen of the U.S. Navy:You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.
** 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:I have just enough time for a "swifty" in the reopened (but on this day just about to close) '301' bar on Platform 4 before boarding a two-car Northern Class 158 working the 1824 to Leeds.
    Antonyms: alight, disembark
* (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
    to board one’s horse at a livery stable
* (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
** February 8, 1712, Charity Frost, The Spectator No. 296 (letter to the editor)
    We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house,
* (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt 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
* (transitive, now rare) To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
** 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:Ere long with like againe he boorded mee, / Saying, he now had boulted all the floure […]
* To cover with boards or boarding.
    to board a house
** 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:the boarded hovel
* To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
* (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

##### Derived terms

* boarding ax
* boarding axe
* boarding gate
* boarding house
* boarding-master
* boarding pass
* boarding pike
* boarding school

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From backboard.

#### Noun

board (plural boards)
* (basketball, informal) A rebound.

##### Translations
### Anagrams

* bardo, Broda, Bardo, dobra, broad, Broad, Broad., Borda, dorab, B road, abord, Dobra, adorb

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English board.

### Noun

board n (plural boarduri)
* board (of an organization)