half board
noun
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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.
Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.
It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.
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First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby half board
half a mind, half and half nail, half bath, half binding, half blood, half board, half boot, half brother, half buck, half cadence, half cent
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Example sentences from the Web for half-board
That's it—make a half-board at once, but take care and not come round.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore CooperCaptain Mull now determined on a half-board, for his ship was more to leeward than he desired.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore CooperIf it had not been for that half-board that we involuntarily made, we should never have done it.
A Middy of the King|Harry CollingwoodI wonder whether he or Mulford made that half-board in the narrow channel.
Jack Tier or The Florida Reef|James Fenimore Cooper
British Dictionary definitions for half-board (1 of 2)
half-board
noun
a manoeuvre by a sailing ship enabling it to gain distance to windward by luffing up into the wind
British Dictionary definitions for half-board (2 of 2)
half board
noun
- the daily provision by a hotel of bed, breakfast, and one main meal
- (as modifier)half-board accommodation
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