board

board has 30 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 5.

Definitions

• n.. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
• n.. A table to put food upon.
• n.. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
• n.. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
• n.. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
• n.. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
• n.. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
• n.. The border or side of anything.
• n.. The side of a ship.
• n.. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
• v. t.. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
• n.. To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.