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Image:board.agr.jpg|thumb|100px|A wooden board

Etymology
OE. bord.

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-board.ogg|Audio US
IPA|/b��(r)d/
rhymes|��(r)d

Homophones
bored (in dialects with the w:English-language vowel changes before historic r#Horse-hoarse merger|horse-hoarse merger)

Noun
en-noun

1. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of saw|sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
2. The amount paid for meals and lodging.
3. A device (eg, switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
4. Short for e.g. blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard and surfboard.
5. A committee that manages the business of an organization.
6. context|basketball|colloquial A rebound.
7. nautical The side of a ship.
8. nautical The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
9. context|ice hockey The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.

Related terms
top3
aboard
baseboard
blackboard
boardroom
boardwalk
bodyboard
body board
body-board
boogieboard
boogie board
boogie-board
mid3
chalkboard
chessboard
chipboard
circuit board
clapboard
corkboard
duckboard
emery board
floorboard
floor board
mid3
floor-board
ironing board
keyboard
off board
on board
plasterboard
skateboard
snowboard
surfboard
sounding board
outboard
whiteboard

Translations
trans-top|piece of wood
Bulgarian: д��ка (d�ská) f
Dutch: plank f
Finnish: lauta
German: Brett n
Hebrew: ��� (luakh) m
Irish: clár
Japanese: � (ita)
trans-mid
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ت��خت��|trtakhta|scKUchar
Latvian: d�lis m
Malayalam: പല� (palaka)
Portuguese: tábua
Russian: до�ка (doská) f
Spanish: tablero m
Swedish: bräda, skiva
Telugu: �����బల�ల (cekkaballa)
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trans-top|amount paid for meals and lodging
Dutch: logement n
Finnish: majoitus
Japanese: 宿��� (shukuhaku-ry�kin)
Portuguese: diária, despesa
Russian: ��ол (stol) m
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trans-top|device containing electrical switches
Dutch: paneel n, bord n, controlebord n
Finnish: taulu, sähkötaulu, kytkintaulu
German: Pult n
trans-mid
Portuguese: mesa elétrica f, painel de controle m
Russian: комм��а�о� (kommutátor) m, ��енд (stend) m, панел� (panél') f
Spanish: tablero m
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trans-top|blackboard, whiteboard etc
Dutch: bord n
Finnish: taulu, lauta, levy
German: Tafel f
Hebrew: ��� (luakh) m
Irish: clár
trans-mid
Japanese: �� (kokuban), ������� (howaitobo-do)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ت��خت��|trtakhta|scKUchar
Latvian: t�fele f
Portuguese: quadro m, lousa f
Russian: до�ка (doská) f
Spanish: pizarra f
Swedish: tavla
Telugu: నల�లబల�ల (nallaballa), త�ల�లబల�ల (tellaballa)
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trans-top|committee
Dutch: raad m
Finnish: hallitus, johtokunta, lautakunta
German: Gremium n
Japanese: ��� (iinkai)
trans-mid
Portuguese: conselho m, comitê m, junta f
Russian: п�авление (pravlénije) n, пала�а (paláta) f, �ове� (sov'ét) m, ��ковод��во (rukovódstvo) n, коллеги� (koll'égija) f, коми�е� (komit'ét) m
Spanish: consejo m, comité m, junta f
Swedish: styrelse, nämnd
Telugu: బ�ర�డ� (bOrDu), సమితి (samiti)
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trans-top|basketball: a rebound
Finnish: levypallo
Portuguese: rebatida, taco
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trans-top|side of a ship
Finnish: kylki
trans-mid
Portuguese: bordo
Russian: бо�� (bort) m
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trans-top|nautical: a distance
Finnish: legi, halssi, luovi
German: Schlag m
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trans-top|wall surrounding ice hockey rink
Finnish: laita
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See also
batten
beam
lath
plank
pole
slab
veneer

Verb
en-verb

1. To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship or aircraft.
2. To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
3. To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
4. nautical To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Translations
trans-top|to step or climb
Dutch: aan boord gaan, opstappen, instappen
Finnish: nousta, astua (laivaan, alus|alukseen etc.)
German: an Bord gehen, einsteigen
trans-mid
Novial: aborda
Spanish: abordar, embarcar
Swedish: gå ombord
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trans-top|to provide someone with meals and lodging
Dutch: logeren
Finnish: majoittaa
German: beherbergen
Swedish: inackordera v.t.
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trans-top|to receive meals and lodging in exchange for money
Dutch: logeren
Finnish: majoittua
Swedish: inackordera v.i.
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trans-top|nautical: to capture an enemy ship
Dutch: enteren
Finnish: entrata
German: entern
trans-mid
Spanish: abordar
Swedish: borda, äntra
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