board
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
Noun 4 meanings
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.
“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”
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.”
Verb 4 meanings
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
“It is time to board the aircraft.”
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
“to board one’s horse at a livery stable”
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
Etymology
Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English boord, boorde, bord, bourd, burd, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, plank; edge; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, top”) + *-dʰeti or *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”) + *-dʰeti.
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BOARD at a glance
BOARD has 5 letters and scores 8 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + A 1 + R 1 + D 2) and 9 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #538 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with board
All rhymesOne letter away
- BEARD8
- HOARD9
- BOARS7
- BOORD8
- BOART7
- BOURD8
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