Definitions for boards
boards
board
Spelling: [bawrd, bohrd]
IPA: /bɔrd, boʊrd/
Boards is a 6 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.
You can make 153 anagrams from letters in boards (abdors).
Definitions for boards
noun
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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 boards
before 900; Middle English, Old English bord board, table, shield; cognate with Dutch boord board, bord plate, German Bort, Old Norse borth, Gothic -baurd
Examples for boards
The Supreme Court eventually stepped in and ended legal segregation in the landmark 1954 decision, Brown v. board of Education.
He quickly turned the boat to the shore, and the stranger jumped on board.
He didn't go on board till the morning on which the ship was to sail.
The fate of AirAsia Flight 8501 and the 162 souls on board is a tragedy, but it will not remain a mystery for much longer.
Two ropes were then hauled on board the vessel, a larger and a smaller.
Chérif was arrested in Paris in January 2005 as he was about to board a plane to Damascus along with a man named Thamer Bouchnak.
We would like to extend our sincere sympathies to the family and friends of those on board QZ8501.
Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
If you don't know my position on board this ship, it's time you found it out!
It was no louder than a whisper from without—the creak of a board.