"board" meaning in All languages combined

See board on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /bɔː(r)d/ Audio: en-us-board.ogg [US] Forms: board [singular], boards [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A board is a group of people who govern something.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-PfZxApHC
  2. A board is a long piece of wood.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-Io8MqZb6
  3. A board is a flat surface.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-0fHXDbCx
  4. If something is true across the board, it is true in all cases.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-SFlLimie
  5. If something is on the drawing board, it is being planned.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-qDr4vx0r
  6. A message board is a place for people to share ideas publicly, often over the internet.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-oczY3AhW
  7. A circuit board is flat, usually green, piece of electronic equipment.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-vMdBz-fO
  8. A sounding board is a person or group of people who will listen to your ideas and tell you if they're good or not.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-noun-GnykK3Y6

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɔː(r)d/ Audio: en-us-board.ogg [US] Forms: board [canonical], boards [third-person, singular], boarded [past], boarded [past, participle], boarding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you board a boat, plane, train, or other vehicle, you get onto it.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-verb-XKpEzQpg
  2. If a boat, plane, train, or other vehicle is boarding, passengers are allowed to get on it.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-verb-pC86Ls-U Categories (other): Verbs
  3. If you board in a school or in someone's house, you pay to live there.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-verb-jcIy1bj6 Categories (other): Verbs
  4. If you board a building or a business up, you close it for a long time.
    Sense id: simple-board-en-verb-NJIuCdTk
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          "text": "The school board has chosen new textbooks for all the schools."
        },
        {
          "text": "Bret Stephens is a member of the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal."
        },
        {
          "text": "School boards are supposed to make sure students get the best education possible."
        },
        {
          "text": "Copies also should be sent to the chairman of the licensing board."
        },
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          "text": "I have a meeting coming up with the Community Advisory Board."
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          "text": "The outside of the house was made of wooden boards."
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      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The knives should be used on a wooden cutting board only."
        },
        {
          "text": "He pinned his poster in the center of the bulletin board."
        },
        {
          "text": "There were two diving boards at the deep end of the pool."
        }
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          "text": "He was number one across the board. Nobody was better."
        }
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        {
          "text": "The designs for the car is still on the drawing board."
        },
        {
          "text": "I think those students need to go back to the drawing board."
        }
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        {
          "text": "These days churches are using e-mail, message boards, and blogs to communicate."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He opened the computer so we could get a look at the circuit board."
        }
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        "A circuit board is flat, usually green, piece of electronic equipment."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "I often discuss company matters with him, and use him as a sounding board."
        }
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      "homophones": [
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          "text": "In Paris, I boarded with a nice family in Le Alle."
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        {
          "text": "Number 1 Strand Street was finally cleaned out, boarded up, and offered for sale by the city."
        }
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        "If you board a building or a business up, you close it for a long time."
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          "text": "Copies also should be sent to the chairman of the licensing board."
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          "text": "The knives should be used on a wooden cutting board only."
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          "text": "He pinned his poster in the center of the bulletin board."
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          "text": "The designs for the car is still on the drawing board."
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        }
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        "If something is on the drawing board, it is being planned."
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        {
          "text": "These days churches are using e-mail, message boards, and blogs to communicate."
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        {
          "text": "He opened the computer so we could get a look at the circuit board."
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