Board

Definition: Board

Board

Noun

1. A committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members".

2. A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows".

3. A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.

4. A board on which information can be displayed to public view.

5. A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces".

6. Food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board".

7. Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree".

8. A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities.

9. A table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board".

Verb

1. Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.).

2. Live and take one's meals (in a certain place).

3. Lodge and take meals (at).

4. Provide food and lodging (for).

Date "board" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references)

Etymology: Board \Board\, noun. [Old English bord, Anglo-Saxon bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icelandic board, side of a ship, Gothic footstool, Dutch bord board, German brett, bort.]. (references)

Domain	Definition
Computing	Board n. 1. In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups (but see usage note under bboard, sense 1). 2. An electronic circuit board. Source: Jargon File.
19th Century Satire	An implement for administering corporal punishment, used by mothers and landladies. "The Festive Board" may be a shingle, a hair-brush a fish-hash breakfast or a stewed prune supper. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904.
Food & Agriculture	Shearing device, two of which hold open horizontally the wings and mouth of a trawl. Source: European Union. (references)
General	Group of members responsible for establishing and enforcing the rules and regulations of a society or association. Source: European Union. (references)
Industry	One of various types of composite wood products supplied as(semi-)rigid sheet material. Source: European Union. (references)
	Material in the form of sheets or reels, consisting mainly of randomly distributed natural fibres and/or artificial fibres with or without the addition of size, fillers, pigment, dyes etc. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Board A council which sits at a board or table; as "Board of Directors," "Board of Guardians," "School Board," "Board of Trade," etc. (Anglo-Saxon, bord, a board, table, etc.) To sweep the board. To win and carry off all the stakes in a game of cards. 2. Board, in sea phrases, is all that space of the sea which a ship passes over in tacking. On board. In the ship. "To go on board," to enter the ship or other sea vessel. Overboard. Fallen out of the ship into the sea. To board a ship is to get on board an enemy's vessel. To make a good board. To make a good or long tack in beating to windward. To make a short board. To make a short tack. "To make short boards," to tack frequently. To make a stern board. To sail stern foremost. To run aboard of. To run foul of [another ship]. 3. To board. To feed and lodge together, is taken from the custom of the university members, etc., dining together at a common table or board. Board To accost. (French, aborder, to accost.) "I'll board her, though she chide as loud As thunder." Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew, i. 2. (See also Hamlet, ii. 2.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	See:bord. (references)
Occupations	A sheet of varnished canvas, or a lightweight wooden board, upon which rubber slabs or parts are placed for transportation or storage. (references)
Shipping	To gain access to a vessel. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ETH Board	English	Board of the Federal Institutes of Technology	Public Administration, Education
BOB	English	Barges on board	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Board

Synonyms: card (n), circuit board (n), circuit card (n), control board (n), control panel (n), dining table (n), display board (n), display panel (n), gameboard (n), instrument panel (n), panel (n), plank (n), table (n), get on (v), room (v). (additional references)

Synonym by domain: -form (personal care & hotels, industry).

Antonym: get off (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Attack	Beset, besiege, beleaguer; lay siege to, invest, open the trenches, plant a battery, sap, mine; storm, board, scale the walls.
Council	Noun: council, committee, subcommittee, comitia, court, chamber, cabinet, board, bench, staff.
Food	Food, pabulum; aliment, nourishment, nutriment; sustenance, sustentation, sustention; nurture, subsistence, provender, corn, feed, fodder, provision, ration, keep, commons, board; commissariat; (provision); prey, forage, pasture, pasturage; fare, cheer; diet, dietary; regimen; belly timber, staff of life; bread, bread and cheese.
Hardness	Stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant; bone, cartilage; hardware; heart of oak, block, board, deal board; iron, steel; cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron; nail; brick, concrete; cement.
Journey	Embark, board, set out, hit the road, get going, get underway.
Layer	Noun: layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum, substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment; table, tablet; dess; flagstone; board, plank; trencher, platter.
Mart	Noun: stock market, stock exchange, securities exchange; bourse, board; the big board, the New York Stock Exchange; the market, the open market; over-the-counter market; privately traded issues.
Tribunal	Noun: tribunal, court, board, bench, judicatory; court of justice, court of law, court of arbitration, administrative court; inquisition; guild.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Excuse me, Mr. Andrews, but I've been doing the math in my head and it seems that with the number of people there are on board, there aren't enough lifeboats (Titanic; writing credit: James Cameron) We may not have a woodshed on board, but that boy is gonna get a whuppin' anyway (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) We're going to board up every window in this house (Signs; writing credit: M. Night Shyamalan) Apparently the Board has failed to realize the extent of your interest in the company, apart from Al's position (Mommie Dearest; writing credit: Christina Crawford; Robert Getchell) Later on, years later, now, even still, uh, it's a funny thing -- it happened on a Sunday and every Sunday about the time I was taken on board that ship I -- find I have no feelings in my buttocks (Waiting for Guffman; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Eugene Levy)
Lyrics	See the steering wheel is fendi dash board Armani (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers) Get on board and have some fun (Androgyny; performing artist: Garbage) Go, gonna board, gonna board, ("Midnight Train to Georgia"; performing artist: Gladys Knight & The Pips) Its a fact, once you get on board (Life Goes On; performing artist: LeAnn Rimes) Cracklin' Rosie, get on board (Cracklin' Rosie; performing artist: Neil Diamond)
Clever	Bank Drive-In Window Blocked by Board (references; author: unknown)
Movie/TV Titles	Across the Board (1959) The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934) Ladies to Board (1924) Boys to Board (1923) Room and Board (1921)
Song Titles	Give Me Just a Little More Time (performing artist: The Chairmen Of The Board) Pay to the Piper (performing artist: The Chairmen of The Board)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	Corporate Executive Board Co: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing Equipment in Germany: A Strategic Entry Report, 1997 (reference) The World Market for Particle Board and Similar Board: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Knots from a Board of Education: Ways to Individualize Your Basic Program (reference) Disney Winnie the Pooh Sweet Dreams, Pooh! Gift Set (3 Bedtime Board Books with 3 Plush Characters) (reference) Spot Helps Out (Hill, Eric. Little Spot Board Book.) (reference) Max's Bath (Wells, Rosemary. Max Board Books.) (reference) Bulletin Board Smorgasbord (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Actions Of The Board (reference) Alberta Labour Relations Board Decisions Index (reference) Annual Report : Board Of Governors Of The Federal Reserve System (reference) Australian Wheat Board Annual Report (reference) Board Converting News (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Bed & Board (reference) Learning to Surf with Surfer Joe, Part 1 -- The Ocean, You & Your Board (reference) Transworld Snowboarding - TB9 (Totally Board Nine) (reference) Leonard Maltin's Animation Favorites From the National Film Board of Canada (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Board the Armenia (reference) Under the Running Board [EP] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Hoyle Board Games 2000 (reference) IConcepts Thumb Board For Compaq iPaq 3800/3900 Series (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Black & Decker EK550L Ergo Electric Knife with Fork, Cutting Board, and Case (reference) KitchenAid Poly Cutting Board with Santoprene Handles, Blue (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Display of red meat and poultry on a cutting board. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		2 square black marble cutting boards (1 large, 1 small) on a grey marble table top. The small board has a peapod split open; the large board is decorated with swipes of light blue paint and has tomatoes, carrots, squash, beans and spinach. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.
	Little boys playing with paint on board. Credit: CDC.		Public Health Service officer candidate examining board, circa 1912. Credit: CDC.
	Manometer Board Setup in Supersonic Wind Tunnel. Credit: NASA.		The European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera on board NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has ... Credit: NASA.
	Dead walrus - Odobenus rosmarus divergens -found floating in sea being taken on board ship for studying. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).		Davidson Seamount named for George Davidson of the C&GS This feature was the first called a "seamount" Officially named by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names Discovered by GUIDE in 1933 Error - latitude should range from 35 to 36. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pup caught on Amlia Island On board PIONEER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Volunteers assist the Oyster Recovery Partnership in their effort to transplant oyster spat before the population is decimated by the Stylochus flatworm. Pallets are loaded with bags containing the spat and brought on board the ROBERT LEE. Credit: America's Coastlines.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Shaking dice in a cup and rolling them out on a game board.		Rolling out dice onto a game board.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Josh Billings	Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
Ralph Waldo Emerson	Let not the emphasis of hospitality lie in bed and board; but let truth and love and honor and courtesy flow in all thy deeds.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	Nevertheless they must have all their guns on board. (reference)
Brown v. Board of Education	1954	At best, they are inconclusive. (reference)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Tangled Tale	Carroll, Lewis	The accident has happened on board My ship, and under My orders
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish	Douglas Adams	Since the Electricity Board cut him off without fail every time he paid his bill, it seemed only reasonable that they should leave him connected when he didn't
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	It was easy to tear off a board, but then he would find himself face to face with a wall
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	Devotion had gone by the board.
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	For a moment he was about to walk on down the road, but instead he sat on the running board on the side away from the restaurant
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	The two gentlemen, and some others, were so generous and kind as to furnish me with provisions, and see me on board.
Walden	Thoreau, Henry David	It was dark, and had a dirt floor for the most part, dank, clammy, and aguish, only here a board and there a board which would not bear removal
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This Web site is run by "Administrators in Medicine," a group of state medical board directors. (references)
		This resource, produced by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), is available in most public libraries. (references)
		Use an emery board or pumice stone to file away dead skin, but do not remove calluses, which act as protective padding. (references)
Business		Cost of tuition, room and board are next in importance. (references)
		The government appoints the board of directors for Zamtel. (references)
		Like the Federal Labor Board (JFCA), the JLCA are tripartite. (references)
Children	Barbados	The Child Care Board has a mandate for the care and protection of children. (references)
	Barbados	Statistics from the Child Care Board show that between April 2000 and March, there were 769 reported cases of alleged child abuse and neglect. (references)
	Barbados	The Welfare Department offers counseling on a broad range of family-related issues, and the Child Care Board conducts counseling for victims of child abuse. (references)
Civil Liberties	Hong Kong	No public official is on the board. (references)
	Ethiopia	Board members denied any connection to the OLF. (references)
	Zimbabwe	The Board banned at least 10 films in recent years. (references)
Economic History	Peru	A board of directors is optional. (references)
	Djibouti	All investments must be approved by this board. (references)
	Slovak Rep	A supervisory board is not required, but may be established. (references)
Human Rights	Bangladesh	They are not entitled to be represented by a lawyer before an advisory board. (references)
	Cote d'Ivoire	On August 28, airport police arrested Tabley again as he prepared to board a flight for Burkina Faso. (references)
	El Salvador	The appeals court upheld the dismissal of charges against five other members of the board of directors. (references)
Indigenous People	Australia	The ATSIC Board is an advocate for indigenous people on all issues affecting indigenous people and at all levels of government. (references)
	Bolivia	Some rural indigenous workers are kept in a state of virtual slavery by employers who charge them more for room and board than they earn. (references)
	Australia	Every 3 years, indigenous people elect representatives to sit on 35 regional councils and the Torres Strait Regional Authority, who in turn choose 17 commissioners comprising the ATSIC Board. (references)
Minorities	Fiji	Most cash crop farmers are Indo-Fijians, who lease land from the ethnic Fijian landowners through the Native Land Trust Board. (references)
	Latvia	International observers, including the resident OSCE mission, have credited the Government with establishing a competent and professional Naturalization Board with offices throughout the country to implement the law and generally applying the law fairly. (references)
Political Economy	ALGERIA	Interest rates are set weekly by a government board. (references)
Political Rights	El Salvador	One woman sits on the Assembly's 11-member governing board; there were 2 women on the board in the previous legislature. (references)
	Yemen	Another approved amendment transformed the 59-member Consultative Council, an advisory board to the President, into a 111-member Shura Council. (references)
	Hong Kong	A report in May 2000 compiled by the Hong Kong Federation of Women stated that only between 16 to 22 percent of judges, Executive Council members, advisory board members or top civil servants are women. (references)
Trade	Indonesia	Such goods are subject to review by a censor board. (references)
	South Africa	Diamonds for export must be registered with the SA Diamond Board. (references)
	Singapore	This remains the domain of the Board of Commissioners of Currency. (references)
Travel	Vietnam	In Vietnam, it often means that all parties with a voice can wield a veto and must be brought on board. (references)
	Bangladesh	For recorded information, call (202) 647-5225. To access the Consular Affairs Bulletin Board, dial (202) 647-9225 via a modem with standard settings. (references)
	South Africa	A new Electronic Bulletin Board has been established in the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs as a means for keeping the international traveler informed about security and crime problems abroad. (references)
Women	Ghana	Located in Accra and Kumasi, the WAJU works closely with the Department of Social Welfare, FIDA, and the Legal Aid Board. (references)
	Australia	This study also found that there were fewer female board members in both large and small companies than the previous year. (references)
	Colombia	The Institute of Forensic Medicine reported 13,703 cases of probable rape during 2000. First Lady Nohra Puyana de Pastrana is on the board of directors of the ICBF and works with the "Make Peace" program, which provides support to women and children who were victims of domestic violence. (references)
Worker Rights	Nicaragua	As agreed, Chentex rehired the four board members. (references)
	Uganda	The workers reportedly resumed work after pleas from the Board Chairman. (references)
	Nicaragua	However, within 1 month, all four CST board members had left the factory. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks. One of the most illustrious spookers of our time is Mr. William D. Howells, who introduces a well-credentialed reader to as respectable and mannerly a company of spooks as one could wish to meet. To the terror that invests the chairman of a district school board, the Howells ghost adds something of the mystery enveloping a farmer from another township.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Marla Hanson	I came on the show. I was on the board of the National Center for Victims of Crime and began to lobby for changes in legislation.
Senator Paul Sarbanes	Well, it may well have that impact. My position is that this ought to be examined by the Financial Accounting Standards Board. I don't think the Congress itself should be legislating accounting standards.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	This board has entered on its duties and made some progress therein.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	A meeting of the commissioners has been post-poned, to await the definitive report of the board of engineers.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Another improvement would be effected by dispensing altogether with the Navy Board as now constituted, and substituting in its stead bureau similar to those already existing in the War Department.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	During those two periods we had OPA price control that the Congress gave us and War Labor Board wage controls.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	We have established a fully independent Merit Systems Protection Board and Special Counsel to protect the rights of whistle-blowers and other Federal employees faced with threats to their rights.
Ronald Reagan	1981-1989	But I'm sure they will understand that this must be across the board and fair.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	Incomes are rising across the board.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Board" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 58.49% of the time. "Board" is used about 13,689 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	58.49%	8,007	1,207
Noun (common)	39.52%	5,410	1,811
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	1.01%	139	26,913
Noun (proper)	0.62%	85	35,870
Lexical Verb (base form)	0.34%	47	49,740
Total	100.00%	13,689	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "board" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Board	Last name	2,000	7,227
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

Country	Name	Country	Name
Canada	Canadian Wheat Board	USA	Corporate Executive Board Co
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Expressions using "board": above board ♦ across board ♦ across the board ♦ administrative board ♦ admissions board ♦ advertisment board ♦ advisory board ♦ air surveillance plotting board ♦ air transport allocation board ♦ air transport allocations board ♦ appeal board ♦ appeals board ♦ arbitration board ♦ back to the drawing board ♦ backgammon board ♦ baffle board ♦ bare board ♦ batule board ♦ beaver board ♦ bed and board ♦ Big Board ♦ bill board ♦ binder board ♦ binder's board ♦ board a plane ♦ Board and board ♦ board and lodge ♦ board and lodging ♦ board foot ♦ board game ♦ board in ♦ board measure ♦ board meeting ♦ board member ♦ board of admiralty ♦ board of appeal ♦ board of appeals ♦ board of censors ♦ Board of control ♦ board of customs ♦ board of directors ♦ board of education ♦ board of enquiry ♦ board of examiners ♦ board of governors of the Federal Reserve ♦ board of green cloth ♦ board of health ♦ board of inquiries ♦ board of inspectors ♦ board of management ♦ board of manager ♦ board of regents ♦ board of selectmen ♦ board of surveyors ♦ board of trade ♦ board of Trade unit ♦ Board of treasury ♦ board of trustees ♦ board or table ♦ board out ♦ board pennant ♦ board room ♦ board room floor ♦ board room politics ♦ Board rule ♦ board school ♦ board splitter ♦ board the bus ♦ board the net ♦ board the ship ♦ board the train ♦ board up ♦ Board wages ♦ board walk ♦ bookbinding board ♦ bread board ♦ breast board ♦ bristol board ♦ broad board ♦ brown mechanical pulp board ♦ buck board ♦ bulking board ♦ bulletin board ♦ bulletin board service ♦ bulletin board system ♦ butcher board ♦ by the board ♦ caution board ♦ cellular board ♦ chairman of the board ♦ Chimney board ♦ chip on board ♦ chopping board ♦ circuit board ♦ clip board ♦ compass board ♦ composite board ♦ composition board ♦ control board ♦ corrugated board ♦ Council board. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "board": board-and-label, board-and-lodging, board-changing, board-dominated, board-game, board-general, board-level, board-like, board-list, board-makers, board-meeting, board-mounted, board-room, board-sailing, board-school, board-set, board-sponsored, board-stiff, board-swap, board-swapout, board-upgradable, board-walk, board-with.
	Ending with "board": above-board, clip-board, draining-board, drawing-board, full-board, half-board, ironing-board, key-board, notice-board, off-board, on-board, running-board, single-board, spring-board, tail-board.
	Containing "board": above-board-well, across-the-board agreement, ironing-board-shaped, key-board-based, pre-board-meeting, story-board-like.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "board"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		tryezë loje, tabelë (array, chalkboard, chart, facia, fascia, hoarding, sign, signboard, table), stendë (hoarding, rack, scute, scutum, stall, stand up), skenë (scene, stage), shtroj (civilize, dine, floor, lay, macadamize, pacify, propound, spread, strew), kuvertë (bedspread, blanket, counterpane, deck, spread), hipi në anije (embark), ha me pagesë, fushë (area, branch, champaign, cornfield, country, court, deposit, dial, domain, face, field, ground, major, plain, range, realm, region, scope, side, world), fajkë, drejtori (direction, directorate, directory, management, office), dërrasë (batten, bred, plank, planking, shingle). (various references)

Arabic		‏لوح خشبي (shingle), ‏ركب السفينة أو القطار, ‏ركب متن السقينة, ‏جانب (aspect, border, flank, hand, part, phase, portion, quarter, side), ‏طاولة (table), ‏تناول طعامه, ‏حافة (border, brim, brink, edge, fringe, hem, ledge, lip, margin, plinth, rim, verge), ‏وجبات, ‏دنا من السفينة ليهاجمها, ‏لجنة (commission, committee), مَجْلِس (committee), ‏لوحة إعلانات (bill board, signboard), ‏مائدة (bench), ‏مجلس (assembly, body, council, divan, senate, synod), ‏منصة المحكمة, ‏كرتون ورق مقوى, ‏كسا بألواح خشبية (wainscot), ‏كسا بالواح خشبية, لوح (panel, signal, tablet, to wave), ‏قدم الطعام (cater, serve, wait at table). (various references)

Aymara		caturaña (to board a boat). (various references)

Basque		ohol (plank). (various references)

Bulgarian		качвам се (climb, come up, get on, get up, go up, kite, step on), подвързвам (bind, case in), превключвач, борд, бюро (agency, bureau, desk, office, service, writing desk), лавирам (beat, claw, tack, trim), подвързия от картон (boarding), министерство (department, ministry, office), съвет (admonishment, admonition, advice, council, counsel, exhortation, monition, sanhedrim, suggestion, synod), комитет (committee), табло за, трапеза (repast, table), храна (aliment, boarding, chow, chuck, diet, dietary, eating, edibles, fare, feed, fodder, food, fuel, meal, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, provender, rations, scran, sustenance, tack, viands, victuals), храня се (eat, fare, subsist, victual), ръб (arris, border, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, fringe, hem, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, rib, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), заковавам (board up, fasten with nails, fix, immobilize, nail, nail down, transfix). (various references)

Chinese		部 (department, division, ministry, part, section, troops), 牌匾 , 包飯 (get or supply meals at a fixed rate), 木版 (plank), 木板 (plank, slab), 板紙 (paperboard), 板子 (bamboo or birch for corporal punishment, plank), 板 (plank, plate, slab), 委员会 (boards, Commission, Committee, Council). (various references)

Czech		prkno (batten, plank), paluba (deck). (various references)

Danish		bræt (plank, shelf). (various references)

Dutch		zich vastklampen aan, plank (plank, shelf), aanklampen (accost, address). (various references)

Esperanto		tabulo (plank), lignogarni (wainscot), alkroĉiĝi al. (various references)

Faeroese		talva (index, plank, table, tablet, tabulation), fjøl (plank). (various references)

Farsi		پانسیون شدن (Pension), میزغذا, میزشوریادادگاه , هیلت مدیره (Directorate), هیلت بازرگانی , غذای روی میز, تخته یامقواویاهرچیزمسطح , تخته پوش کردن (Plank), تخته بندی کردن (Scaffold), تخته (Brede, Gob, Ledger, Lumber, Plank, Sheet, Tablet), سوارشدن (Back, Ride, Straddle), عامله یاامنا, اغذیه (Fuel). (various references)

Finnish		taulu (dial, painting, picture, plank, table), pahvi (cardboard), levy (lacquered board, marker, plaque, plate, sheet, tablet, wall plaque), lauta (batten, broad, broad deal, plank). (various references)

French		planche (otter board, trawl board), pension (boarding house, boarding school), panneau (composite board, otter board, trawl board), comité, carton (box). (various references)

Frisian		planke (plank). (various references)

German		brett (plank, platter, shelf, tray), tafel (bar, blackboard, boards, cake, console, control panel, meal, notice board, panel, plank, plaque, plate, sheet, sign, signboard, slab, slate, table), platte (bald head, cake-stand, charger, disc, disk, flagstone, flat land, leaf, panel, piece of wood, plaque, plate, platitudinously, platter, record, serving-dish, sheet, shelf, slab, table-top, tile, tray), vorstand (board of directors, chairman, committee, executive, managing director, managing-committee), verpflegung (catering, food, provisions, rationing, rations), pappe (card, cardboard, glue, mush, paste, pasteboard, roofing felt), gremium (body, caucus, committee, panel), ausschuss (caucus, committee, exit point, exit wound, reject, rejects, trash), aufsichtsrat (directorate, member of the board, supervisory board). (various references)

Greek		σανίδα (plank), χαρτόνι (cardboard). (various references)

Hebrew		מועצה (counsel), משתה (banquet, drink, drinking, feast), מזונות, מסבה (conference, fete, party, reception, social affair, soiree), לוח (list, panel, plank, plate, schedule, sheet, slab, table, tablet), לעלות לאניה (embark), לכסות בקרשים, להתאכסן (stay), ועדה (commission, committee), ועד המנהל, ועד (committee, forever), קרש (blockhead, plank), ארוחות, טבלה (chart, plaque, plate, plateau, slab, table, tablet). (various references)

Hungarian		tanácskozó testület, kapcsolótábla (instrument board, instrument panel, junction board, panel, switchboard), deszka, bizottság (commission, committee, delegation, panel). (various references)

Indonesian		badan (agency, body, corporation, group, torso), papan (housing, plank, shelf, sign (road)), mondok (aquat, fat), makanan (edibles, food, meal, nourishment), karton (carton), galar. (various references)

Italian		tavola (diner, panel, plank, slab, table), bordo (border, edge, flange, fringe, hem, kerb, margin, rim, side, verge), consiglio (advice, council, counsel, hint, pointer, tip), commissione (commission, committee, errand), asse (arbor, axis, axle, center line, plank, shelf, spindle, tree). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		板 (plank). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ボード (nude), まかない (boarding, catering, cook, meals), いた (plank). (various references)

Korean		널 (boards). (various references)

Manx		oik (bureau, office, post), goll er boayrd (boarding, embark, embarkation), goaill lhuingys (embarkation), faill (fare, fee, hire, pay, salary, stipend, wages), cur laare ayns, cur claare rish, cur claare er, claare (bar counter, batten, platter, play bill, programme, stave, table, table list), boayrd (plank, shelf of rock, table), aaght (accommodation, covert, den, digs, lodging). (various references)

Occitan		pòst (plank). (various references)

Papiamen		bòrchi (plank). (various references)

Pig Latin		oardbay.(various references)

Polish		zarząd (board of directors). (various references)

Portuguese		tábua (clapboard, index, plank, shelf, table, tablet, tabulation), prancha (diving board, plank, slab), placa (island, pane, plank, plaque, plate, slab), cartão (carton, copyist, map, menu, millboard, paperboard, pasteboard, scribble, ticket). (various references)

Romanian		bord (come aboard, shipboard), colegiu (body, college, grammar school), ţine în pensiune, dulap (cabinet, case, chest, closet, cupboard, glass case, plank, press, sideboard, swing boat, wardrobe), direcţie (bearing, course, departure, direction, directorate, drift, lay, leadership, manager's office, mastership, path, run, set, setting, track, trend, way), copertã (cover, envelope, lid), consiliu de conducere, hranã (bread, diet, eatable, eats, esculent, fare, feed, food, keep, meat, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, support, sustenance), comisie (commission, committee, court), la abordaj, carton (bandbox, cardboard, cartoon, pasteboard), cãptuşi (back, bag, coat, diddle, shark, sheathe, wainscot), administraţie (administration, direction, governance, government, intendance, management, mastership), acoperi cu scânduri, aborda (accost, approach, tackle), comitet (committee), planşetã, urca în tren, teatrul, tablã de şah (chequer-board, chessboard), tablã (backgammon, blackboard, sheet, slab, slate, tin, tray), scenã (arena, boards, footlights, locale, row, scene, spectacle, stage, the boards), fi în pensiune la, raft (bookstand, shelf), urca pe vapor, pardosealã (flooring), ospãta (banquet, feast, feed, grub, regale, treat, welcome), minister (department, government, ministry, office), masã (avoirdupois, block, body, bulk, clump, congeries, cooking, crop, crowd, cuisine, dinner, dusty treat, feast, gross, lump, mass, meal, meat, multitude, people, repast, shoal, table, throng, tuck in), mâncare (bait, bite, bread, cheer, chow, dish, eatable, eating, edibles, esculent, food, grub, meal, meat, mess, plate, repast, table, tuck in, victuals), lua masã (dine, meal), scândurã (batten). (various references)

Romany		inkyàva (to board). (various references)

Russian		сцена (scene, spectacle, stage), столоваться, стол (desk, diet, groaning board, platen, table), совет (advice, council, counsel, recommendation, soviet, synod), картон (cardboard, cartoon, pasteboard), настилать пол (floor), забрать (abstract, bring along, screen, take along, take away, wainscot), забра�, забирать (abstract, bring along, screen, take along, take away, wainscot, withdraw, withdrew), правление (Board of Directors, court, directorate, directorial board, executive board, head office, management, regimen, regiment), подмостки (scaffold, scaffolding, scaffoldings), плата (boards, card, chargecard, fee, pay, payment, premium, toll), питание (aliment, alimentation, aliments, alimony, feed, feeding, food, nourishment, nuitrition, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, supply, sustenance), доска (blackboard, bred, chalkboard, punchboard, trencher). (various references)

Scottish		bòrd (a table, plank, table), clàr (a board, any smooth, lid, tablet). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		bok broda (broadside), ukrcati (board up, embark, load), tabla (bar, blackboard, panel), paluba (deck), odbor (committee, council), obložiti daskama (plank), komisija (commission, panel), ishrana (alimentation, diet, feeding, nourishment, nutrition), hraniti se (feed), daska (plank). (various references)

Sicilian		imbarcari (to board). (various references)

Spanish		tabla (chart, lath, panel, plank, seat, shelf, slat, table, tablet), tablero (disc, panel, plaque, plate, record, table), pensión (allowance, boarding, boarding house, boarding school, boardinghouse, boarding-house, digs, Lodge, lodging, lodgings, pension, retirement pay, settlement, settling), cartón (cardboard, carton, felt paper, paperboard, pasteboard), bordo (side). (various references)

Swahili		ubao (plank). (various references)

Swedish		tilja (floor, plank), styrelse (administration, corporation, court, direction, directorate, executive, government, management, regime, regimen), nämnd (authority, committee, jury), bräde (plank), bräda (cut out, plank, supplant). (various references)

Thai		แผงวงจรของอุปกรณ์ไฟฟ้า, อาหาร (diet, eatable, eating, edible, fare, feed, feeder, food, grub, meal, meals, munch, nosh, nosh-up), กระดาน, คณะกรรมการ (council). (various references)

Turkish		borda (broadside), binmek (get on, hop on, Mount, ride, sit), pano (hoarding, panel, screen), daire (apartment, bureau, circle, department, disc, hoop, rooms, round, verge), heyet (college, commission, committee, corps, deputation, group, mission, panel, posse), ilan tahtası, kara tahta (blackboard), komisyon (brokerage, commission, committee, kickback, percentage), kurul (assembly, college, commission, committee, council), mukavva (cardboard, chipboard, paperboard, pasteboard), yiyecek sağlamak (victual), pansiyoner olarak kalmak, sörf (surfboard, surfing), sofra (dinner table, table), tahta (blackboard, plank, wood, wooden), tahta döşemek (plank), tahta kaplamak (board up, clapboard, lag, plank), yiyecek içecek (boarding, provisions), meclis (assemblage, assembly, congress, convocation, council, diet, divan, gathering, house, majlis, parliament, parliamentarian, parliamentary). (various references)

Turkmen		tagta (blackboard, plank), mьnmek (get on, mount). (various references)

Ukrainian		сісти на судно, сцена (scene, stage), їжа (aliment, bait, chow, chuck, eating, fare, feed, feeding, fodder, food, meat, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, nutritive, pabulum, potluck, thing, Tommy, viand, victual), харчуватися (eat, feed on, live, nosh, subsist), цупкий картон, комутатор (commutator, keyboard, switchboard), обшивати дошками, настилати підлогу (floor), забивати дошками (batten), борт (bort, flange, side), підмостки (scaffold), приставати (accede, accost, adhere, badger), полиця (bink, rack, shelf), планшет, дошка (bred, planch, table). (various references)

Vietnamese		bìa cứng cơm tháng, bộ boong tàu, uỷ ban (committee), tiền cơm tháng bàn ăn bàn ban, tấm ván bảng giấy bồi, cơm trọ. (various references)

Welsh		byrddio, bwrdd (table), bord (table), ymborth (aliment, food, sustenance), planc (foal, horse, plank), estyllen (plank), clawr (cover, face, lid, survace). (various references)

Yucatec		hump'el che' (plank). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	asse, assi, axes, axis, conscendam, conscendens, conscendent, conscendere, conscenderit, conscenderunt, conscendite, scando, tabula. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Habakkuk Chapter 2, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Dioti liqoV ek toicou bohsetai kai kanqaroV ek xulou fqegxetai auta
Latin	405	Vulgate	Quia lapis de pariete clamabit et lignum quod inter iuncturas aedificiorum est respondebit
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	For a stoon of the wall shal crie, and a tree that is bitwixe ioyntours of beeldingis shal answere.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	For the stone will give a cry out of the wall, and it will be answered by the board out of the woodwork.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Habakkuk Chapter 2, Verse 11
Cebuano	Kay ang bato mosinggit sa Dios gikan sa kuta, ug ang sagbayan motubag niana gikan sa tigkahoy.
Croatian	Jer iz samih zidova kamen krièi, a krovna mu greda odgovara.
Danish	Thi Stenen råber fra Væggen, fra Træværket svarer Bjælken.
Dutch	Want de steen uit den muur roept, en de balk uit het hout antwoordt dien.
Finnish	Sillä kivi seinästä on huutava ja orsi katosta on vastaava.
French	Car la pierre crie du milieu de la muraille, Et le bois qui lie la charpente lui répond.
German	Denn auch die Steine in der Mauer werden schreien, und die Sparren am Balkenwerk werden ihnen antworten.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Bahkan batu-batu di tembok berseru-seru mengutuk engkau, dan tiang-tiang rumah mengumandangkan seruan itu.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Karena batu dari pada tembok juga berseru dan kasau dari pada atap rumahpun menyahut!
Italian	La pietra infatti griderà dalla parete e dal tavolato risponderà la trave.
Maori	Ka karanga hoki te kohatu i roto i te pakitara, ka whakahoki kupu ano te kurupae i roto i nga rakau.
Norwegian	for stenen i veggen skal skrike, og bjelken i treverket skal svare den.
Portuguese	pois a pedra clamará da parede, e a trave lhe responderá do madeiramento.
Rumanian	Cqci piatra din mijlocul zidului strigq, wi lemnul care leagq grinda ki rqspunde.
Russian	лБНОЙ ЙЪ УФЕО ЧПЪПРЙАФ Й РЕТЕЛМБДЙОЩ ЙЪ ДЕТЕЧБ ВХДХФ ПФЧЕЮБФШ ЙН:
Spanish	Por eso la piedra clamará desde el muro, y la viga del enmaderado le responderá.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "board": boarded, boarder, boarders, boarding, boardinghouse, boardinghouses, boardings, boardlike, boardman, boardmen, boardroom, boardrooms, boards, boardsailing, boardsailings, boardsailor, boardsailors, boardwalk, boardwalks. (additional references)
	Words ending with "board": aboard, aboveboard, antibillboard, astarboard, backboard, bargeboard, baseboard, beaverboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, buckboard, cardboard, centerboard, chalkboard, checkerboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, containerboard, corkboard, cupboard, dartboard, dashboard, duckboard, fiberboard, fibreboard, fingerboard, flashboard, floorboard, flutterboard, footboard, freeboard, garboard, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, lapboard, larboard, leaderboard, leeboard, linerboard, matchboard, moldboard, mopboard, mortarboard, motherboard. (additional references)
	Words containing "board": backboards, bargeboards, baseboards, beaverboards, billboarded, billboarding, billboards, blackboards, boxboards, breadboarded, breadboarding, breadboards, buckboards, cardboards, centerboards, chalkboards, checkerboards, chessboards, chipboards, clapboarded, clapboarding, clapboards, clipboards, containerboards, corkboards, cupboards, dartboards, dashboards, duckboards, fiberboards, fibreboards, fingerboards, flashboards, floorboards, flutterboards, footboards, freeboards, garboards, hardboards, headboards, inboards, keyboarded, keyboarder, keyboarders, keyboarding, keyboardist, keyboardists, keyboards, kickboards, lapboards, larboards. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Board" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Baard, bardd, bardo, barod, Bavard, Beirdd, Bhadra, Biart, Bigard, blard, boad, Boada, Boadu, boaed, boald, boardy, boared, boart, boary, boayd, bocardo, bocart, Bodart, Bogaerde, bogar, Bogard, Boiardo, boir, bojar, Bokara, Bokaro, bolard, bonar, Bonardi, Boord, Boorde, bora, Borah, Borak, Boram, borda, Bordj, bordl, Bourdj, Bovaird, bozar, braod, Brorda, broward, Burad, Burada, Eoard, foard, Fozard, Gomard, loard, oard, Obad, obaid, Obart. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "board" (pronounced bô"rd)
4	b ô" r d	aboard, bored, reboard.
3	-ô" r d	accord, abhorred, adored, afford, award, chord, cord, deplored, Lord, explored, fjord, floored, Ford, gored, gourd, hoard, horde, ignored, implored, oared, outscored, pored, poured, prerecord, record, restored, reward, roared, scored, shored, soared, stored, sword, toward, underscored, unexplored, untoward, ward.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: broad, dobra.
	Words within the letters "a-b-d-o-r"
	-1 letter: bard, boar, bora, brad, darb, drab, orad, road.
	-2 letters: abo, ado, arb, bad, bar, boa, bod, bra, bro, dab, dor, oar, ora, orb, rad, rob, rod.
	-3 letters: ab, ad, ar, ba, bo, do, od, or.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-d-o-r"
	+1 letter: aboard, abroad, adsorb, boards, boyard, broads, byroad, dobras, forbad, roband.
	+2 letters: aborted, adsorbs, ambroid, arbored, bandora, bandore, boarded, boarder, bodhran, bollard, bombard, borated, boyards, bradoon, bravado, bravoed, broadax, broaden, broader, broadly, brocade, byroads, cordoba, forbade, inboard, labored, labroid, onboard, proband, reboard, rhabdom, roadbed, robands, tabored.
	+3 letters: abductor, abhorred, absorbed, adorable, adorably, adsorbed, adsorber, airbound, amberoid, ambroids, arboured, backdoor, backdrop, banderol, bandoras, bandores, baudrons, beadroll, beadwork, bearwood, becoward, blowhard, boarders, boarding, boardman, boardmen, boatyard, bodhrans, bollards, bombards, boneyard, bordeaux, boundary, boxboard, braconid, bradoons, bravados, breadbox, broached, broadaxe, broadens, broadest, broadish, brocaded, brocades, bromated, browband, carboyed, cordobas, cupboard, debonair, doorjamb, drawbore, forbidal, fordable, gabbroid, garboard, harbored, hardboot, inboards, keyboard, laboured, labrador, labroids, lapboard, larboard, leeboard, mopboard, nonbrand, obduracy, obdurate, oribatid, outboard, pegboard, probands, probated, rawboned, reboards, rhabdome, rhabdoms, roadbeds, seaboard, sowbread, taboured, tagboard, teaboard, wardrobe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
message board	5,990	board room	536
game board	4,285	printed circuit board	520
surf board	2,978	labor board	518
board shorts	2,747	ouija board	517
college board	1,786	nyc board of education	498
bulletin board	1,770	used surf board	468
board	890	circuit board	460
franchise tax board	889	pussy board	452
monster board	838	cutting board	441
board of education	799	boogie board	441
bulletin board software	743	ohio board of nursing	420
california medical board	718	federal reserve board	398
swinger board	710	calgary board of education	382
franchise tax board california	684	board of nursing	365
illinois state board of education	657	brown vs board of education	363
wake board	654	dry erase board	358
single board computer	600	florida board of nursing	345
toronto district school board	597	chicago board of trade	338
new york city board of education	594	toronto real estate board	336
board dyslexia program school special vancouver	546	bulletin board idea	336
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Circuit board" by Sebastian Mey - KrippsDesign Commentary: "Macro-photo of a vga card."	"On Board Aeroplane" by Neil Smith Commentary: "Took this whilst going from scotland to england on the plane."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

Board

Definition: Board

Board

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Board

Specialty Definition: Board game

Modern two-player abstract strategy games

Two-player games of chance

Multi-player elimination games

European race games

Multiplayer games without elimination

Modern Wargames

Games of physical skill

Children's games

Literature

Board of directors

Chessboard

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Board

Synonyms: Board

Synonyms within Context: Board

Attack

Council

Food

Hardness

Journey

Layer

Mart

Tribunal

Crosswords: Board

Modern Usage: Board

Screenplays

Lyrics

Clever

Movie/TV Titles

Song Titles

Commercial Usage: Board

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Board

Photos:Board

Illustrations:Board

Computer Images:Board

Photo Album: Board

Digital Photo Gallery: Board

Sounds Captioned with "Board".

Familiar Quotations: Board

Josh Billings

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Historic Usage: Board

Treaty of Versailles

Brown v. Board of Education

Use in Literature: Board

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish

Douglas Adams

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Grapes of Wrath

Steinbeck, John

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

Non-Fiction Usage: Board

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Spoken Usage: Board

Marla Hanson

Senator Paul Sarbanes

Speeches: Board

James Monroe

Photos:
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Illustrations:
Board

Computer Images:
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