Meaning of board | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A rebound.
   informal
2. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
   countable, uncountable
3. A surname.
4. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making
5. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
   countable, uncountable
6. So as to affect or include all people, classes, or categories: raised taxes across the board.
7. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc
8. A raised platform on which theatrical performances are given.Used in plural:proscenium, stage.
9. A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
   countable, uncountable
10. A flat surface with markings for playing a board game
11. a person who temporarily lives, and takes his meals, in someone else's house. loseerder نَزيل (بأُجْرَه) пансионер pensionista strávník der Kostgänger pensionær οικότροφοςhuésped; interno kostiline کسی که موقتاً در خانۀ شخص دیگری اقامت دارد toisen luona väliaikaisesti asuva henkilö pensionnaire מִתאַכסֵן अस्थायी आवासी podstanar lakó (albérlőként étkezéssel), bennlakó (diák) orang yang menumpang maður sem leigir og er í föstu fæði; leigjandi og kostgangari pensionante 寄宿者 하숙생 gyventojas pansio...
12. Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
    abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
13. Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc
14. a house where people live and take meals as paying guests. losieshuis بَيْتُ النُّزَلاء يُقَدِّمُ المنامَ والطَّعامَ пансион pensão penzión die Pension pensionat οικοτροφείοpensión pansionaat پانسیون täysihoitola pensionאכסניה, בית הארחה छात्रावास pansion panzió asrama gistiheimili pensione 下宿屋 기숙사 pensionas pansija rumah asrama pensionpensjonatpensjonat لیلیه، د اوسیدو او خوراک ځای pensão pen­siune пансион penzión penzion pansion pensionat, inackorderingsställe บ้านที่มีทั้งห้องพักและอาหารสำ...
15. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
    countable, uncountable
16. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors
17. a school which provides accommodation and food as well as instruction. koshuis, kosskool مَدْرَسَةٌ داخِليَّه училище-интернат internato internátní škola das Internat kostskole σχολείο με οικότροφους μαθητές internado internaatkool مدرسۀ شبانه روزی sisäoppilaitos pensionnatפנימייה आवासीय स्कूल internat bennlakásos iskola sekolah asrama heimavistarskóli collegio, convitto 寄宿学校 기숙 학교 internatinė mokykla internātskola sekolah asrama kostschoolkostskoleszkoła z internatem هغه مکتب چی د شپی او ورځ...
18. Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
    uncountable
19. an across-the-board increase. deurgaans يَنْطَبِقُ على الجَميع отнасящ се за всички geral všeobecný quer durch die Bank over hele linjen γενικός, καθολικόςgeneral üldine سرتاسر؛ بطور کلی kautta linjan général לְכוָּלם सभी मामलों पर लागू करना preko puta az egész vonalon mencakup semua á línuna, í öllum tifellum generale 全面的に 전면적인 visais lygiais uz visiem attiecināms; vispārējs mencakup semua over de hele linie over hele linjen bez wyjątków, całościowy سرترسره، په بشپړه توګه geral general для в...
    an across-the-board increase
20. The side of a ship.
    countable, uncountable
21. to be abandoned. All my plans went by the board when I lost my job. deur die mat val يَتْرُكُ ، يَتَخَلّى عَن изоставям ir por água abaixo padnout pod stůl scheitern være uden betydning; være underordnet ματαιώνομαι, αποτυγχάνω, εγκαταλείπομαι irse al traste, venirse abajo liiva(le) jooksma از دست رفتن؛ ناموفق بودن tulla hylätyksi tomber à l'eau לְהִכָּשֵל छोड़ना odustati félredobják, tönkremegy ditinggalkan verða að engu essere spazzato via だめになる 무시당하다 sužlugti sabrukt (par plāniem, cerībām ...
22. The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
    countable, uncountable
23. A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.
24. The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
    countable, in-plural, often, uncountable
25. A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work: a cutting board; an ironing board.
26. A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
    archaic, countable, uncountable
27. A flat piece of rigid material designed to display information, especially:a. A blackboard.
28. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
    countable, uncountable
29. A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
    countable, uncountable
30. The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
    countable, uncountable
31. A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
    countable, uncountable
32. A provincial assembly or council.
    Philippines, countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.”

“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”

“We have to wait to hear back from the board.”

“board and lodging”

“room and board”

“His board was served by his landlady, the owner of the boarding house. [meals]”

“His board seemed a bit steep, but he accepted it because the house was clean and his fellow lodgers were respectful neighbors. [price for meals]”

“Now board to board the rival vessels row.”

“Fruit of all kinds […] / She gathers, tribute large, and on the board / Heaps with unsparing hand.”

“1890, Algernon Blackwood, Christmas in England, Methodist Magazine Volume 32 pg 481. The real beginning of the festivities is on Christmas-eve, when the large parties meet their friends from far and near round the festive board.”

“"A man," added Cripps, pointing at the MacQuibble, who took no manner of notice, but smoked impassively, "who comes to my hospitable board meanly disguised as an artist, and filches the table wine."”

““Take your seat at my board, and let me drink to your health.””

“Túrin took a seat without heed, for he was wayworn, and filled with thought; and by ill-luck he set himself at a board among the elders of the realm, and in that place where Saeros was accustomed to sit.”

“to bind a book in boards”

“The object of the game is to move the smiley face over the preset board, in doing so removing the green squares and ending up at the exit […]”

“You are able to then change a color candy with any candy around the board, similar to the way you are able to with color bomb candies.”

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