board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bôd
ipa: /bɔːd/
enpr: bôrd
ipa: /bɔɹd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: bōrd
ipa: /bo(ː)ɹd/
note: rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
enpr: bōəd
ipa: /boəd/
note: non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
homophone: bored
homophone: baud
homophone: bawd (non-rhotic, horse–hoarse merger)
Forms: form: boards
Etymology: 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."
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 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:
glosses: A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
glosses: A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
examples: text: Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
glosses: A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
glosses: Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
examples: text: We have to wait to hear back from the board.
glosses: A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
examples: text: board and lodging
text: room and board
text: His board was served by his landlady, the owner of the boarding house. [meals]
text: 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]
glosses: Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
examples: text: Now board to board the rival vessels row.
ref: 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:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The side of a ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
examples: text: Fruit of all kinds […] / She gathers, tribute large, and on the board / Heaps with unsparing hand.
ref: 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:
text: 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.
text: “Take your seat at my board, and let me drink to your health.”
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 26:
text: 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.
ref: 2007, J. R. R. Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien, The Children of Húrin:
glosses: A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
examples: text: to bind a book in boards
glosses: Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
examples: text: 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 […]
ref: 2004, Dan Whitehead, Martyn Carroll, Shaun Bebbington, “Future Shocks”, in Your Sinclair, number 94:
text: 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.
ref: 2015, Hiddenstuff Entertainment, Candy Crush Soda Saga Game Guide, page 23:
topics: video-games
glosses: A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
glosses: The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
qualifier: local government
glosses: 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
E-board
emery board
floorboard
floor board
gas board
ironing board
keyboard
message board
otter board
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
arrow board
artboard
audioboard
back board
backer board
backerboard
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
board-room
board room
boardroom
board rule
boardsailing
boardsailor
board school
board-shorted
board shorts
boardshorts
boardslide
boardsman
boardsport
board up
board wage
boardwalk
boardwear
boardy
bodyboard
boogie-board
boogieboard
boot board
boxboard
bread board
breadboard
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
dealer 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
floatboard
float board
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
heck board
hit the board
hole-board test
honours board
hoverboard
huntboard
hunt board
hymnboard
iceboard
idiot board
illustration board
imageboard
ironing-board
junkboard
KED board
kick-board
kickboard
killboard
kiteboard
kneeboard
knifeboard
laminboard
lampboard
lapboard
leader board
leaderboard
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
message 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
paddle board
paddleboard
paling board
panelboard
paperboard
paper board
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
teaboard
tea board
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
trestle-board
trestleboard
trestle board
Trident Board
unboard
underboard
valley board
vergeboard
Veroboard
video board
videoboard
vision board
waferboard
wakeboard
walkboard
wall board
wallboard
washboard
waterboard
wheatboard
whistle board
wind-board
windboard
windsurf board
wobble board
workboard
writing board
yachtboard
Related terms: batten
beam
lath
plank
pole
slab
veneer