Definitions for boarding
boarding
board·ing
Spelling: [bawr-ding, bohr-]
IPA: /ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr-/
Boarding is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.
You can make 413 anagrams from letters in boarding (abdginor).
Definitions for boarding
noun
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wooden boards collectively.
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a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.
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the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like:
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a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness.
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a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose:
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a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard.
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boards.
Theater. the stage:
the wooden fence surrounding the playing area of an ice-hockey rink.
a racing course made of wood, used especially in track meets held indoors:
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Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book.
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Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard.
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a table, especially to serve food on.
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daily meals, especially as provided for pay:
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an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity:
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Nautical.
the side of a ship.
one leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward.
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Railroads. a fixed signal or permanent sign regulating traffic.
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a flat surface, as a wall or an object of rectangular shape, on which something is posted, as notices or stock-market quotations:
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surfboard.
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Computers.
Also called card, circuit board. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions.
plugboard (def 2).
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Electronics. circuit board (def 2).
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a switchboard.
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Australian.
the area of a woolshed where shearing is done.
a crew of shearers working in a particular woolshed.
sheep about to be sheared.
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Obsolete. the edge, border, or side of anything.
Idioms
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across the board,
Racing. betting on a horse or dog to finish first, second, or third, so that any result where a selection wins, places, or shows enables the bettor to collect.
applying to or affecting every person, class, group, etc.
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go by the board,
to go over the ship's side.
to be destroyed, neglected, or forgotten:
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on board,
on or in a ship, plane, or other vehicle:
Baseball. on base:
present and functioning as a member of a team or organization.
Also, aboard.
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on the boards, in the theatrical profession:
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tread the boards. tread (def 22).
verb (used with object)
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to cover or close with boards (often followed by up or over):
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to furnish with meals, or with meals and lodging, especially for pay:
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to go on board of or enter (a ship, train, etc.).
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to allow on board:
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to come up alongside (a ship), as to attack or to go on board:
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Obsolete. to approach; accost.
verb (used without object)
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to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price:
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Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check.
Origin of boarding
First recorded in 1525-35; board + -ing1
Examples for boarding
The people at the boarding house would, of course, not permit it.
I am in the habit of boarding at a quiet house kept by a widow.
They were the last of the boarding party—the girl was nowhere in sight.
"I'm sick of this boarding house we're in," Henry exclaimed.
Cooper had a little row with this boarding officer, but was silenced by the captain.
Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.
He lived in a boarding house in Cambridge, Mass., while Ina stayed on Long Island with their son Chase, who was in school.
Like Donal, he requested to go to boarding school to escape his homelife; also like Donal, he was initially miserable there.
First: Was he contagious when boarding the plane and are his plane-mates therefore at risk?
He squints slightly, has a squared jaw, and speaks in British-accented English, the product of a boarding school education.