board

1. (verb) provide food and lodging (for)
Related Words: cater, live in, ply, provide, sleep in, supply

2. (verb) lodge and take meals (at)
Related Words: use

3. (verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
Synonyms: get on
Related Words: catch, come in, embark, enter, entrain, get in, get into, go in, go into, move into

4. (verb) live and take one's meals (in a certain place)
Synonyms: room
Related Words: dwell, inhabit, live, people, populate, reside, shack

5. (noun) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
Related Words: aquaplane, bread board, breadboard, bulletin board, chopping board, cutting board, drafting board, drainboard, draining board, drawing board, flat solid, floor board, floorboard, ironing board, mortarboard, notice board, palette, pallet, planchette, scoreboard, sheet, sideboard, skateboard, springboard, surfboard, trencher, workboard

6. (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
Synonyms: gameboard
Related Words: Ouija, Ouija board, backgammon board, checkerboard, chessboard, cribbage board, dart board, dartboard, go board, monopoly board, pegboard, surface

7. (noun) food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
Synonyms: table
Related Words: fare

8. (noun) a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
Related Words: Federal Reserve Board, advisory board, appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals, board of directors, board of education, board of selectmen, commission, committee, directorate, draft board, governing board, planning board, school board, zoning board

9. (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Synonyms: plank
Related Words: chipboard, deal, hardboard, lumber, matchboard, strake, timber, wale

10. (noun) a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
Synonyms: dining table
Related Words: dinner table, refectory table, table

11. (noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Synonyms: card, circuit board, circuit card
Related Words: CPU board, PC board, mother board, printed circuit

12. (noun) a board on which information can be displayed to public view
Synonyms: display board, display panel
Related Words: big board, display

13. (noun) an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
Synonyms: control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel
Related Words: dashboard, electrical device



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