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board
(bôrd)n.
1.
a. A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.
b. A long flat slab of another material, used as a structural member.
2. A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work: a cutting board; an ironing board.
3. A flat piece of rigid material designed to display information, especially:
a. A blackboard.
b. A bulletin board.
c. A scoreboard.
d. A toteboard.
4. Sports
a. A flat piece of material designed or equipped to be ridden as a sport, especially a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard.
b. A diving board.
c. A backboard.
5. A flat, rigid piece of material on which a game is played, such as a checkerboard or chessboard.
6.
a. A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.
b. An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.
7.
a. A table, especially one set for serving food.
b. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.
8. boards
a. Sports The wooden structure enclosing an area for skating, such as the ice on which hockey is played, or enclosing a playing area, as for indoor soccer.
b. A theater stage.
9. Basketball A rebound.
10.
a. An electrical-equipment panel.
b. Computers A circuit board.
11. Nautical
a. The side of a ship.
b. A leeboard.
c. A centerboard.
12. Obsolete A border or edge.
v. board·ed, board·ing, boards
v.tr.
1. To cover or close with boards: board up a broken window.
2.
a. To furnish with meals in return for pay.
b. To house where board is furnished: board a horse at a stable.
3.
a. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).
b. To allow (passengers) on board.
c. Nautical To come alongside (a ship).
4. Sports To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.
5. Obsolete To approach.
v.intr.
Idioms: 1. To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.
2. Sports To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.
across the board
So as to affect or include all people, classes, or categories: raised taxes across the board.
on board
1. Aboard.
2. Ready to participate or be included; amenable: The entire class was on board for the excursion to the park.
[Middle English bord, from Old English.]
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boarding
(ˈbɔːdɪŋ)n
1. (Building) a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence
2. (Building) timber boards collectively
3.
a. the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc
b. (as modifier): a boarding pass.
4. (Tanning) a process used in tanning to accentuate the natural grain of hides, in which the surface of a softened leather is lightly creased by folding grain to grain and the fold is worked to and fro across the leather
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
Boarding
boards collectively, 1552; planks joined together.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
boarding
Forcing an opponent into the boards at the edge of the rink.
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| Noun | 1. |  boarding - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft |
| 2. | boarding - a structure of boards boards - the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink flashboard, flashboarding - boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
boarding
[ˈbɔːrdɪŋ] modif (SCHOOL) [fees] → de pensionboarding card n → carte f d'embarquementboarding house n → pension f (de famille)boarding party n → section f d'abordageboarding pass n (British) → carte f d'embarquementboarding school n → internat m, pensionnat m
I go to boarding school → Je suis en pensionnat or internat.board meeting n → réunion f du conseil d'administrationboard member n (= member of board of directors) → membre m du conseil d'administrationboard of directors n → conseil m d'administrationboard of education n (US) → conseil m d'établissementboard of inquiry n → commission f d'enquête
I go to boarding school → Je suis en pensionnat or internat.board meeting n → réunion f du conseil d'administrationboard member n (= member of board of directors) → membre m du conseil d'administrationboard of directors n → conseil m d'administrationboard of education n (US) → conseil m d'établissementboard of inquiry n → commission f d'enquête
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
boarding
:boarding card
n → Bordkarte f
boarding house
n
→ Pension f
(Sch) → Wohngebäude nt → eines Internats
boarding kennel
boarding party
n (Naut) → Enterkommando nt
boarding pass
n → Bordkarte f
boarding school
n → Internat nt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
boarding
[ˈbɔːdɪŋ] na. (floor) → impiantito (di legno); (fence) → recinzione f di legno
b. (of ship, plane) → imbarco
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