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    [Noun]  | "board" | \ ˈbȯrd \


    1: a piece of sawed lumber of little thickness and a length greatly exceeding its width

    2: a surface, frame, or device for posting notices

    3: blackboard

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship's side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship's side;

    [Noun]  | "bread*board" | \ ˈbred-ˌbȯrd \


    1: a board designed for working dough or for cutting or serving bread

    2: a board on which mounted components are breadboarded

    Origin: 1761 ;

    [Noun]  | "bris*tol board" | \ ˈbri-stᵊl- \


    1: a cardboard with a smooth surface suitable especially for artwork —called also bristol

    Origin: 1809 ;

     Bristol, England;

    [Noun]  | "bulletin board" 


    1: a board for posting notices (as at a school)

    2: a public electronic forum that allows users to post or read messages : message board

    Origin: 1827 ;

    [Noun]  | "call-board" | \ ˈkȯl-ˌbȯrd \


    1: bulletin board

    Origin: 1851 ;

    [Noun]  | "circuit board" 


    1: board

    Origin: 1948 ;

    [Verb]  | "board" 


    1: to go aboard (something, such as a ship, train, airplane, or bus)

    2: to put aboard

    3: to cover or seal off with a long, thin, and often narrow piece of sawed lumber : to cover or seal off with boards —usually used with up

    Origin: 15th century ;

     See: ;

    [Plural noun]  | "the boards" 


    1: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey

    [Idiom]  | "tread the boards" 


    1: to perform on a stage as an actor

    [Noun phrase]  | "board of trade" 


    1: a British governmental department concerned with commerce and industry

    2: a commodities exchange

    Origin: 1715 ;

    [Noun]  | "boards" 


    1: a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest;


      * e.g., " ... a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers "



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    2: a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food;


      * e.g., " ... in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board "



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    [Noun]  | "board" 


    1: a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest;


      * e.g., " ... a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers "



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    2: a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food;


      * e.g., " ... in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board "



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    [Noun]  | "drawing boards" 


    1: as in first bases, ground zeros;



    [Noun]  | "sounding boards" 


    1: a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good;


      * e.g., " ... My friend is my sounding board for new ideas. "



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    [Noun]  | "sounding board" 


    1: a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good;


      * e.g., " ... My friend is my sounding board for new ideas. "




    [Verb]  | "boards" 


    1: to provide food or meals for;


      * e.g., " ... housed and boarded many foster children over the years "



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    2: to provide with living quarters or shelter;


      * e.g., " ... boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found "



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    [Verb]  | "board" 


    1: to provide food or meals for;


      * e.g., " ... housed and boarded many foster children over the years "



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    2: to provide with living quarters or shelter;


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     [ "boards" ]

    1: Slang used to describe a pair of skis used for the sport of snow skiing.

      * e.g.,  ... Somebody ripped-off my new boards! 

     [ "boards" ]

    1: abbreviated term for 'board shorts.' board shorts, the optimal garment of choice for the summer months, are also useful in cold weather conditions, in hot tubs & the like.

      * e.g.,  ... 'yo tyrrell, cop me a pair of boards pronto.' 

     [ "boards" ]

    1: usually refers to board shorts, the garment of choice to some throughout the year. innovators of the boards are sean dwyer & mike tyrrell.

      * e.g.,  ... 'ayo tyrrell let me cop a pair of boards.' 

     [ "board" ]

    1: How retarded people spell the word bored.

      * e.g.,  ... Keith: "Board tonite call with plans." 

     [ "Boards" ]

    1: A slang term for rebounds used most commonly in basketball.

      * e.g.,  ... "Get the boards! Box out!" 

     [ "boarded" ]

    1: 1) What happens to members of a startup company who are not present at the board meeting.

      * e.g.,  ... Everyone but top management is getting boarded in the next board meeting. Across the board pay cuts and stock dilution for, because employees are objects you screw profits out of. 

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    2: 3) To be screwed over.

     [ "Board" ]

    1: A board is a female who is overwhelmingly attracted that you can't take your eyes off of them and that you have no chances of hooking up. It is a word mostly used in class when someone is looking at the "board" but they are actually looking at the female in front of the real board.

      * e.g.,  ... Wow, that "board" has a fine figure. 

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    1: Short for skateboard, snowboard, wakeboard, surfboard, and any other word the contains "board". Was shortened because it rolls off the tounge easier and sounds better in a sentence.

      * e.g.,  ... That guy was grinding and his board snapped and he sacked himself 

     [ "The boards" ]

    1: How idiotic person says Boardwalk.

      * e.g.,  ... "I'm going to the boards guys." 

     [ "board" ]

    1: In Texas Hold 'Em Poker, the community cards dealt face up on the table.

      * e.g.,  ... "With two aces on board, there was no way I could call his all-in with just my pocket deuces." 

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