board
board is a 5-letter English word with 30 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
- noun. A table to put food upon.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
- noun. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
- noun. The border or side of anything.
- noun. The side of a ship.
- noun. The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
- transitive verb. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
- noun. To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
- noun. To enter, as a railway car.
- noun. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
- noun. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
- intransitive verb. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
- transitive verb. To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
- noun. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
"he nailed boards across the windows"
- noun. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
"he got out the board and set up the pieces"
- noun. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- noun. electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
"he checked the instrument panel"
"suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
- noun. a table at which meals are served
"he helped her clear the dining table"
"a feast was spread upon the board"
- noun. a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- noun. food or meals in general
"she sets a fine table"
"room and board"
- noun. a committee having supervisory powers
"the board has seven members"
- noun. a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- verb. provide food and lodging (for)
"The old lady is boarding three men"
- verb. lodge and take meals (at)
- verb. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
- verb. live and take one's meals at or in
"she rooms in an old boarding house"
Synonyms
gameboard, card, panel, table, plank, room
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in board:
abord, bardo, broad, dobra, dorab
Common word forms
boards, boarded, boarder, boardly, boarding, boardable
Words from these letters
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