board
board (bôrd, bōrd) noun
Abbr. bd.
1. A long, flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.
2. A flat piece of wood or similarly rigid material adapted for a special use.
3. Games. A flat surface on which a game is played.
4. The hard cover of a book.
5. boards A theater stage.
6. a. A table, especially one set for serving food. b. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.
7. A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.
8. An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.
9. An electrical-equipment panel.
10. Computer Science. A circuit board.
11. Sports. a. A scoreboard. b. Basketball. A backboard. c. boards The wooden structure enclosing an ice hockey rink. d. A diving board. e. A surfboard.
12. Nautical. a. The side of a ship. b. A leeboard. c. A centerboard.
13. Obsolete. A border or an edge.
verb
boarded, boarding, boards
verb, transitive
1. To cover or close with boards: board up a broken window.
2. a. To furnish with meals in return for pay. b. To house where board is furnished: board a horse at a stable.
3. a. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship). b. Nautical. To come alongside (a ship).
4. Obsolete. To approach.
verb, intransitive
To receive meals in return for pay.
idiom.
On board
1. Aboard.
2. On the job.
[Middle English bord, from Old English.]