boarding

board

B0354600 (bôrd)n.1. a. A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.b. A long flat slab of another material, used as a structural member.2. A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work: a cutting board; an ironing board.3. A flat piece of rigid material designed to display information, especially:a. A blackboard.b. A bulletin board.c. A scoreboard.d. A toteboard.4. Sports a. A flat piece of material designed or equipped to be ridden as a sport, especially a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard.b. A diving board.c. A backboard.5. A flat, rigid piece of material on which a game is played, such as a checkerboard or chessboard.6. a. A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.b. An organized body of administrators or investigators: a board of trustees; a board of directors.7. a. A table, especially one set for serving food.b. Food or meals considered as a whole: board and lodging.8. boardsa. Sports The wooden structure enclosing an area for skating, such as the ice on which hockey is played, or enclosing a playing area, as for indoor soccer.b. A theater stage.9. Basketball A rebound.10. a. An electrical-equipment panel.b. Computers A circuit board.11. Nautical a. The side of a ship.b. A leeboard.c. A centerboard.12. Obsolete A border or edge.v. board·ed, board·ing, boards v.tr.1. To cover or close with boards: board up a broken window.2. a. To furnish with meals in return for pay.b. To house where board is furnished: board a horse at a stable.3. a. To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).b. To allow (passengers) on board.c. Nautical To come alongside (a ship).4. Sports To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.5. Obsolete To approach.v.intr.1. To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.2. Sports To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.Idioms: across the board So as to affect or include all people, classes, or categories: raised taxes across the board. on board1. Aboard.2. Ready to participate or be included; amenable: The entire class was on board for the excursion to the park.

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[Middle English bord, from Old English.]

boarding

(ˈbɔːdɪŋ) n1. (Building) a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence2. (Building) timber boards collectively3. a. the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etcb. (as modifier): a boarding pass. 4. (Tanning) a process used in tanning to accentuate the natural grain of hides, in which the surface of a softened leather is lightly creased by folding grain to grain and the fold is worked to and fro across the leather

Boarding

 boards collectively, 1552; planks joined together.

boarding

Forcing an opponent into the boards at the edge of the rink.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	boarding - the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraftembarkation, embarkmentdeparture, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing
	2.	boarding - a structure of boardsboards - the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rinkflashboard, flashboarding - boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its heightstructure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"

Translations

abordajeembarqueabbordaggioabbordod'imbarcoimbarcotavolatoабордаж

• Here is my boarding card → 这是我的登机牌
• When does boarding begin? → 几点开始登机？