Collins English-English Dictionary

board [bɔːd]

1. 1. n a long wide flat relatively thin piece of sawn timber

2. 2. n a smaller flat piece of rigid material for a specific purpose

   ironing board

3. 3. n (in combination)

   breadboard

   cheeseboard

4. 4. n a person's food or meals, provided regularly for money or sometimes as payment for work done (esp in the phrases full board, board and lodging)

5. 5. n [archaic] a table, esp one used for eating at, and esp when laden with food

6. 6. n [sometimes functioning as plural] a group of people who officially administer a company, trust, etc

   a board of directors

7. 7. n (as modifier)

   a board meeting

8. 8. n any other committee or council

   a board of interviewers

9. 9. n short for blackboard chessboard notice board printed circuit board springboard surfboard

10. 10. n stiff cardboard or similar material covered with paper, cloth, etc, used for the outside covers of a book

11. 11. n a flat thin rectangular sheet of composite material, such as plasterboard or chipboard

12. 12. n [chiefly US] a list on which stock-exchange securities and their prices are posted

13. 13. n [informal] the stock exchange itself

14. 14. n [nautical] the side of a ship

15. 15. n the leg that a sailing vessel makes on a beat to windward

16. 16. n [Austral and NZ] the part of the floor of a sheep-shearing shed, esp a raised part, where the shearers work

17. 17. n [NZ] the killing floor of an abattoir or freezing works

18. 18. n any of various portable surfaces specially designed for indoor games such as chess, backgammon, etc

19. 19. n (as modifier)

    board games

20. 20. n a set of hands in duplicate bridge

21. 21. n a wooden or metal board containing four slots, or often nowadays, a plastic wallet, in which the four hands are placed so that the deal may be replayed with identical hands

22. 22. n the hull of a sailboard, usually made of plastic, to which the mast is jointed and on which a windsurfer stands

23. 23. n See above board

24. 24. vb to go aboard (a vessel, train, aircraft, or other vehicle)

25. 25. vb [nautical] to come alongside (a vessel) before attacking or going aboard

26. 26. vb to attack (a ship) by forcing one's way aboard

27. 27. vt. [tr; often foll by up, in, etc] to cover or shut with boards

28. 28. vi. [intr] to give or receive meals or meals and lodging in return for money or work

29. 29. vi. [sometimes foll by out] to receive or arrange for (someone, esp a child) to receive food and lodging away from home, usually in return for payment

30. 30. vi. [Etymology] Old English bord; related to Old Norse borth ship's side, table, Old High German bort ship's side, Sanskrit bardhaka a cutting off