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A board is a plank or surface, sometimes having buttons or controls. You can cut vegetables on a cutting board, post a flyer on a bulletin board, or cause a power outage on a circuit board.

The word board frequently finds itself as half of a compound word where the action takes place: You stand on a surfboard, type at a keyboard, or lose on a checkerboard. You can also sit on a board, meaning a team, of directors, or board, meaning stay, at a hotel. If you want to leave your hotel, you may board, or climb onto, your hovercraft. Remember: Being stiff as a board is not the same as being bored stiff.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: board

1	n	a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
2	n v	a table at which meals are served lodge and take meals (at)
3	v	get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
4	n	a committee having supervisory powers

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: board

n a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

Synonyms:: plank

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; matchboard
a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor); skid
one of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects; strake, wale
thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship; chipboard, hardboard
a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin; deal
a plank of softwood (fir or pine board); garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake
the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship; gun rest, gunnel, gunwale
wale at the top of the side of boat; topmost planking of a wooden vessel

Type of:: lumber, timber
the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

n a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose

“he nailed boards across the windows”

Types:: show 28 types...; hide 28 types...; aquaplane
a board that is pulled by a speedboat as a person stands on it and skims over the top of the water; bread board, breadboard
a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced; bulletin board, notice board
a board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements; chopping board, cutting board
a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut; drafting board, drawing board
a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings; drainboard, draining board
a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink; floor board, floorboard
a board in the floor; ironing board
narrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clothes; kneeler
a board (sometimes cushioned) for someone to kneel on; hawk, mortarboard
a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar; palette, pallet
board that provides a flat surface on which artists mix paints and the range of colors used; planchette
a triangular board supported on casters; when lightly touched with the fingertips it is supposed to spell out supernatural (or unconscious) messages; scoreboard
a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information); sideboard
a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib; sideboard
a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity; skateboard
a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot; snowboard
a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes; springboard
a flexible board for jumping upward; surfboard
a narrow buoyant board for riding surf; trencher
a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved; wake board, wakeboard
a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat; dry wall, drywall, wallboard
a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses; work-board, workboard
a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work; beaver board
a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp; call-board
a bulletin board backstage in a theater; diving board
a springboard from which swimmers can dive; fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board
wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets; gypsum board, plasterboard
wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls

Type of:: flat solid, sheet
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width

n a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games

“he got out the board and set up the pieces”

Synonyms:: gameboard

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the board on which backgammon is played; checker board, checkerboard
a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors; cribbage board
a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage; dart board, dartboard
a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts; go board
a board used for playing go; monopoly board
a board used for playing monopoly; Ouija, Ouija board
a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages; pegboard
a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted; punchboard
a small board full of holes; each hole contains a slip of paper with symbols printed on it; a gambler pays a small sum for the privilege of pushing out a slip in the hope of obtaining one that entitles him to a prize; chess board, chessboard
a checkerboard used to play chess

Type of:: surface
the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary

n a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view

Synonyms:: display board, display panel

Types:: big board
the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange

Type of:: display, video display
an electronic device that represents information in visual form

n electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices

“suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree”

Synonyms:: control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel

Types:: dashboard, fascia
instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls

Type of:: electrical device
a device that produces or is powered by electricity

n a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

Synonyms:: add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in

Types:: CPU board, mother board
the main circuit board for a computer; PC board
a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board

Type of:: printed circuit
computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered

n a table at which meals are served

“a feast was spread upon the board”

Synonyms:: dining table

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dining-room furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served; dinner table
the dining table where dinner is served and eaten; high table
a dining table in a dining-hall raised on a platform; seats are reserved for distinguished persons; refectory table
a long narrow dining table supported by a stretcher between two trestles; triclinium
a dining table with couches along three sides in ancient Rome

Type of:: table
a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it

n food or meals in general

“room and board”

Synonyms:: table

Types:: training table
planned meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall)

Type of:: fare
the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

v lodge and take meals (at)

Type of:: habituate, use
take or consume (regularly or habitually)

v live and take one's meals at or in

Synonyms:: room

Type of:: dwell, inhabit, live, populate
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of

v provide food and lodging (for)

“The old lady is boarding three men”

Types:: live in, sleep in
live in the house where one works

Type of:: cater, ply, provide, supply
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

v get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Synonyms:: get on

Antonyms:: get off
leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; embark, ship
go on board; entrain
board a train; catch
reach in time; get
reach and board; emplane, enplane
board a plane

Type of:: come in, enter, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into
to come or go into

n a committee having supervisory powers

“the board has seven members”

Types:: show 14 types...; hide 14 types...; appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals
a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals; board of selectmen
a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town; Federal Reserve Board
the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System; governing board
a board that manages the affairs of an institution; board of directors, directorate
a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution; advisory board, planning board
a board appointed to advise the chief administrator; draft board
a board to select personnel for involuntary military service; board of education, school board
a board in charge of local public schools; zoning board
a board of officials who divide an area into zones that are subject to different restrictions; board of regents
a committee of university officers who have general supervision over the welfare and conduct of students; board of trustees
a governing board elected or appointed to direct the policies of an educational institution; staggered board of directors
a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually; cabinet
persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers; Kashag
the advisory board of the Tibetan government-in-exile

Type of:: commission, committee
a special group delegated to consider some matter

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