board game

noun

1. a game, as checkers or chess, requiring the moving of pieces from one section of a board to another.

2. any game played on a board.

Word History and Origins

Origin of board game¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

The sessions will include hot drinks, mindfulness activities, board games, crafts and puzzles, the local authority said.

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The object of Mouse Trap, a board game featuring a Rube Goldberg-style contraption, is to catch plastic mice.

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"That planted the idea of inventing a board game in my dad's mind," Ms Lewis said.

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During a brief stint as a TV writer in 1950s Hollywood, he spun a map of stars’ homes in Beverly Hills into a fully realized board game called “Stardom.”

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A possible reality check: this deliciously difficult cooperative board game—two players must work together to land airliners in increasingly complex scenarios.

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