See boards on Wiktionary
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"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "board"
}
],
"glosses": [
"third-person singular simple present indicative of board"
],
"links": [
[
"board",
"board#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"enpr": "bôdz",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔːdz/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"enpr": "bôrdz",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/bɔːɹdz/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"enpr": "bōrdz",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/bo(ː)ɹdz/",
"note": "rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"enpr": "bōədz",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"ipa": "/boədz/",
"note": "non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)dz"
}
],
"word": "boards"
}
Download raw JSONL data for boards meaning in All languages combined (7.9kB)
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"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
"path": [
"boards"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "boards",
"trace": ""
}
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"called_from": "form_description/20250107",
"msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
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],
"section": "English",
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}
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