boarding

[ bawr-ding, bohr- ]

/ ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- /

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noun

wooden boards collectively.

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

the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like: an uneventful boarding.

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Origin of boarding

First recorded in 1525–35; board + -ing¹

OTHER WORDS FROM boarding

pre·board·ing, adjective, noun

Words nearby boarding

board check, boarder, boarder baby, board foot, board game, boarding, boardinghouse, boardinghouse reach, boarding out, boarding party, boarding pass

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How to use boarding in a sentence

The Harvard team declined to comment on whether it thought domestic travelers should be tested before boarding flights.
Airports have taken steps to reduce coronavirus transmission but risks still remain, study says|Lori Aratani|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Airlines will deny boarding to those who don’t have proof of a negative test.
What to know about new COVID-related travel restrictions in the US|Rahul Rao|January 19, 2021|Popular-Science
In 2020, it became commonplace to be in almost constant conversation about the pros and cons of boarding up street level properties in response to, or anticipation of, a disruptive and potentially violent event.
The Business of Managing a DC Business During a Coup|Lisa Wise|January 15, 2021|Washington Blade
Conductors can scan boarding e-tickets shown from the Amtrak app.
Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Wednesday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia|Dana Hedgpeth, Teddy Amenabar|December 10, 2020|Washington Post

Preventing bad debtors from boarding trains is one common discipline.
Blacklist vs. ‘redlist’: What to know about China’s new corporate social credit score|eamonbarrett|December 10, 2020|Fortune
Saa is now navigating a new life in America as an incognito boarding school student.
Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira Vs. Boko Haram|Kristi York Wooten|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He squints slightly, has a squared jaw, and speaks in British-accented English, the product of a boarding school education.
A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Like Donal, he requested to go to boarding school to escape his homelife; also like Donal, he was initially miserable there.
Colm Toibin Describes The Creation Of His Quiet Masterpiece ‘Nora Webster’|Jennie Yabroff|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.
I Want My Damn Hoverboard! 12 Movie Inventions That Should Exist|Rich Goldstein|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
First: Was he contagious when boarding the plane and are his plane-mates therefore at risk?
The CDC Was Wrong About How to Stop Ebola|Kent Sepkowitz|October 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Yet the word is general and apparently unconnected with the house, as it was not a stable but a boarding-house.
Assimilative Memory|Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
Mrs. Barford, as a country heiress, had received a boarding-school education, and was very superior to Letty in every respect.
The World Before Them|Susanna Moodie
Immediately after their arrival, he and his brother Nicholas were sent to a boarding-school.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky

British Dictionary definitions for boarding

boarding

/ (ˈbɔːdɪŋ) /

noun

a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence

timber boards collectively

the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc
(as modifier)a boarding pass

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

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