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Which of the following nouns has an irregular plural form?
Origin of half board
First recorded in 1970–75
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How to use half board in a sentence
Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
My dad was a sailor, and all through my childhood he was away half of the time at sea, and to an extent I have a similar job.
As a result, training squadrons—called Formal Training Units (FTU)—are being staffed with less than half the people they need.
The Spaniards captured two schooners, having on board 22 officers and 30 men, all of whom were hanged or sent to the mines.
It is the principal waste-product of metabolism, and constitutes about one-half of all the solids excreted—about 30 gm.
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
She had just left the wharf at Cincinnati for Louisville, with 225 passengers on board, of whom but 124 were saved.
Hilda, trembling at the door, more than half expected Mr. Orgreave to say: "You mean, she's invited herself."
British Dictionary definitions for half board (1 of 2)
noun
- the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
- (as modifier)half-board accommodation
Also called: demi-pensionBritish Dictionary definitions for half board (2 of 2)
noun
a manoeuvre by a sailing ship enabling it to gain distance to windward by luffing up into the wind
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