board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
boarded
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past participleof board.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof board.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
boardnouna piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
Example Sentences
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In Paris, shopkeepers boarded up windows and installed metal security gates ahead of Saturday’s protests, even as some were still repairing damage from last weekend’s unrest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Shops were boarded up, with private security guards in front of some.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
The signs of decades of economic decline are still visible in Springfield, through shuttered factories and boarded up homes.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
While shop owners sandbagged the entrances to their stores and boarded up the doors and windows, there was little sense of impending disaster.
From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026
The six members of the relief party boarded the boat, and they shoved off.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
