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board
[ bawrd, bohrd ]
/ bɔrd, boʊrd /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price: Several of us board at the same rooming house.
Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check.
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Idioms about board
Origin of board
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English bord “board, table, shield”; cognate with Dutch boord “board,” bord “plate,” German Bort, Old Norse borth, Gothic -baurd
OTHER WORDS FROM board
board·a·ble, adjectiveboardlike, adjectivere·board, verb (used with object)un·board·ed, adjectiveWords nearby board
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British Dictionary definitions for board
board
/ (bɔːd) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of board
boardable, adjectiveWord Origin for board
Old English bord; related to Old Norse borth ship's side, table, Old High German bort ship's side, Sanskrit bardhaka a cutting off
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Other Idioms and Phrases with board
board
see across the board; back to the drawing board; bed and board; bulletin board; by the board; go overboard; on board; open and aboveboard; room and board; stiff as a board; tread the boards.
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