board
noun
a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
boards
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pluralof board.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof board (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
boardnouna piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
Example Sentences
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To all USC administrators, donors and Trojans family: If your head coach finishes a football game at the collegiate level with negative rushing yards, he should be fired before the plane boards!
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026
In April, Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric said it was in talks with RTX to co-produce the Amraam, including by manufacturing electronic circuit boards as well as participating in the final assembly facility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The actor, who hailed from the northern English region of Yorkshire, trod the boards in Britain with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre in London, and worked on British television.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Their lives soon become consumed by the quest to find the source, turning to proto-internet message boards and video hosting sites in their search.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
The thing is completely covered by wooden boards, but it is the shape of an obelisk.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
