The Meaning of board

• (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
• (n.) A table to put food upon.
• (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
• (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
• (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
• (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
• (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
• (n.) The border or side of anything.
• (n.) The side of a ship.
• (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
• (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
• (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
• (n.) To enter, as a railway car.
• (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
• (n.) To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
• (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
• (v. t.) To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

Synonyms

plank , table , display panel , display board , dining table , control panel , instrument panel , control board , panel , circuit board , circuit card , card , plug-in , add-in , gameboard , get on , room

Antonyms

get off

Homophones

bord , bored

Rhymes

abhorred , aboard , aboveboard , accord , acord , adored , afford , alvord , award , baseboard , billboard , blackboard , bored , broadsword , cardboard , checkerboard , chessboard , chipboard , chord , clapboard , clavichord , clipboard , concord , concorde , containerboard , cord , dartboard , dashboard , debord , deborde , deplored , dubord , explored , fiberboard , fibreboard , fingerboard , fjord , floorboard , floored , foard , ford , forde , gaylord , gourd , hardboard , harpsichord , headboard , hoard , hord , horde , ignored , inboard , jorde , keyboard , landlord , lord , mainord , mccord , montford , mopboard , mord , mountford , njord , nord , nored , notochord , oared , ord , outboard , outscored , overboard , overlord , paperboard , pegboard , plasterboard , plourde , pored , poured , prerecord , pressboard , reboard , record , revord , reward , roared , scoreboard , scored , seaboard , shavord , shipboard , shored , skateboard , smorgasbord , snowboard , springboard , stored , storyboard , surfboard , sward , switchboard , sword , toward , underscored , unexplored , untoward , verwoerd , wallboard , ward , warde , warlord , warred , washboard , woodward