boarding

[bawr-ding, bohr-]

noun

1. wooden boards collectively.

2. a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.

3. the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like.

   an uneventful boarding.

boarding

/ ˈbɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence

2. timber boards collectively

3. 1. the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc

   2. ( as modifier )

      a boarding pass

4. 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

Other Word Forms

• preboarding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding¹

First recorded in 1525–35; board + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

DALLAS—The last time Southwest Airlines changed its boarding process, nearly 20 years ago, it launched an online boarding school to teach passengers the basics.

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It was once a bustling community with Japanese boarding houses that offered affordable rent and home-cooked meals.

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Travellers were delayed at a number of European airports in September after a ransomware attack disrupted check-in and boarding software.

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One evening in the late 1950s, in Tokyo Station, a waitress is witnessed boarding a train in the company of an attractive young man.

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“We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’”

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