Definition of bord

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1. board [ n ] a committee having supervisory powers
Examples: "the board has seven members"

Used in print:

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Money for its construction will be sought later_on but in_the_meantime the State_Hospital board can accept gifts and donations of a site .

Under Formby 's plan , an appointee would be selected by a board composed of the governor , lieutenant_governor , speaker of the House , attorney_general and chief_justice of the Texas_Supreme_Court .

Synonyms board Related Terms committee appeal_board directorate school_board draft_board governing_board board_of_selectmen Federal_Reserve_Board advisory_board zoning_board director board_member

2. board [ n ] a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
Examples: "he nailed boards across the windows"

Used in print:

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

His head hung over the boards of Katie 's stall ; before it was sprawled the mangled corpse of the bearded stranger .

Synonyms board Related Terms sheet floorboard scoreboard sideboard palette drafting_board workboard springboard ironing_board mortarboard chopping_board trencher wakeboard kneeler breadboard skateboard planchette surfboard drainboard sideboard bulletin_board aquaplane

3. board [ n ] a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

Used in print:

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

Alley fences were made of solid boards higher than one 's head , but not so high as the golden_glow in a corner or the hollyhocks that grew in a line against them .

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

The first one or two roof boards ( marked `` E '' in fig. 6 ) are slipped into place across the roof beams , from outside the shelter .

These boards are nailed to the roof beams by reaching up through the open space between the beams , from inside the shelter .

Concrete blocks are passed between the beams and put on the boards .

The last roof boards are covered with blocks from outside the shelter .

Synonyms board plank Related Terms lumber chipboard wale matchboard deal skid knot knothole plank

4. board [ n ] a board on which information can be displayed to public view

Synonyms board display_board display_panel Related Terms display big_board

5. board [ n ] a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
Examples: "he got out the board and set up the pieces"

Synonyms board gameboard Related Terms surface pegboard dartboard go_board chessboard monopoly_board Ouija punchboard cribbage_board backgammon_board

6. board [ v ] get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Used in print:

(John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)

She usually wore weeds , and a stranger watching her board a train might have guessed that Mr._Pastern was dead , but Mr._Pastern was far from dead .

Synonyms board get_on Related Terms get_off go_in enter catch embark entrain entrain boarder

7. board [ n ] food or meals in general
Examples: "she sets a fine table" "room and board"

Synonyms board table Related Terms fare training_table

8. board [ n ] electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
Examples: "he checked the instrument panel" "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"

Synonyms board instrument_panel panel control_board control_panel Related Terms electrical_device dashboard idiot_light

9. board [ n ] a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

Synonyms board circuit_card card circuit_board Related Terms printed_circuit PC_board CPU_board

10. board [ v ] live and take one's meals at or in
Examples: "she rooms in an old boarding house"

Used in print:

(The Providence Journal...)

This is in contrast to the family with whom he boards .

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church , a woman named Catt who , as Wilson afterward found , was briefly referred to as The_Cat because of her sharp_tongue and fierce initiative .