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boardboard1 /bɔrd/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 1
GROUP OF PEOPLE [countable] a group of people in an organization who make the rules and important decisions: a board meeting the local school board There’s only one woman on the board of directors. an influential board member Several politicians sit on the company’s board.board of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors2INFORMATION [countable] a flat wide piece of wood, plastic, etc. that is fixed to a wall and is used to show information: Your homework assignment is written on the board. An announcement was posted on a board near the coffee machine. → see also blackboard, bulletin board, scoreboard, whiteboard3FOR PUTTING THINGS ON [countable] a flat piece of wood, plastic, etc. that you use for a particular purpose such as cutting things on, or for playing indoor games: Where’s the chess board? a cutting board → see also breadboard4FOR BUILDING [countable] a long thin flat piece of wood used for making floors, walls, fences, etc.: cedar boards from an old fence → see also floorboard (1)5on board a)on a ship or an airplane: A light plane with four people on board crashed last night. b)involved in something or working for an organization: Since Morgan came on board, the band has given more concerts to school groups. The change is aimed at bringing more House Democrats on board.6across the board if something happens or is done across the board, it affects everyone in a particular group, place, etc.: They’re cutting 10% of their staff across the board.7SPORTS [countable] informal a special board that you stand or lie on in sports such as surfing, skateboarding, etc. → see also body board, skateboard, snowboard, surfboard, whiteboard8BASKETBALL [countable usually plural] informal a)the plastic or wooden object to which a basketball hoop is attached b)an act of catching the ball after it has bounced back from the board9MEALS [uncountable] the meals that are provided for you when you pay to stay somewhere: Students pay for room and board each semester.10college/medical boards examinations that you take when you apply to a college or medical school11take something on board to listen to and accept a suggestion, idea, etc.: Mr. Rice seemed to take our comments on board.12go by the board/boards if a plan, idea, or way of behaving goes by the board, it is not possible anymore: His Olympic dreams went by the board when he injured his ankle.13ELECTRICITY a circuit board14HOCKEY the boards [plural] the low wooden wall around the area in which you play hockey15THEATER the boards [plural] the stage in a theater → see also tread the boards at tread1 (4)[Origin: Old English bord] → see also aboveboard, diving board, drawing board, ironing board noun | verb
boardboard2 ●●○ verb 1[intransitive, transitive] formal to get on a bus, airplane, train, etc. in order to travel somewhere: They boarded a flight for Israel.board at/to Please board to the rear of the aircraft.2be boarding if an airplane or a ship is boarding, passengers are getting onto it: Flight 503 for Toronto is now boarding.3[intransitive always + adv./prep.] to pay to stay in a room in someone’s house: I board with the Nicholsons during the week.4[intransitive] to live at a school as well as studying there → see also boarding schoolboard something ↔ up phrasal verb to cover a window or door, or all the windows and doors of a building, with wooden boards: A lot of the store fronts were boarded up.