board
board [board boards boarded boarding] noun, verb BrE [bɔːd] NAmE [bɔːrd]
noun
PIECE OF WOOD ETC.
1. countable, uncountable a long thin piece of strong hard material, especially wood, used, for example, for making floors, building walls and roofs and making boats
• He had ripped up the carpet, leaving only the bare boards.
see also ↑chipboard, ↑floorboard, ↑hardboard, ↑skirting board
2. countable (especially in compounds)a piece of wood, or other strong material, that is used for a special purpose
•a blackboard
• I'll write it up on the board.
• (BrE)a noticeboard
• (NAmE)a bulletin board
• The exam results went up on the board.
•a diving board
•She jumped off the top board.
•a chessboard
•He removed the figure from the board.
see also ↑message board
IN WATER SPORTS
3. countable = ↑bodyboard, ↑sailboard, ↑surfboard
GROUP OF PEOPLE
4. countable + singular or plural verb a group of people who have power to make decisions and control a company or other organization
• She has a seat on the board of directors.
•The board is/are unhappy about falling sales.
•members of the board
•discussions at board level
•the academic board (= for example, of a British university)
• (NAmE)the Board of Education (= a group of elected officials who are in charge of all the public schools in a particular area)
ORGANIZATION
5. countable used in the name of some organizations
•the Welsh Tourist Board (= responsible for giving tourist information)
MEALS
6. uncountable the meals that are provided when you stay in a hotel, ↑guest house, etc; what you pay for the meals
• He pays £90 a week board and lodging.
see also ↑bed and board, ↑full board, ↑half board
EXAMS
7. boardsplural (old-fashioned, US)exams that you take when you apply to go to college in the US
IN THEATRE
8. the boardsplural (old-fashioned, informal)the stage in a theatre
•His play is on the boards on Broadway.
•She's treading the boards (= working as an actress).
ICE HOCKEY
9. the boardsplural (NAmE)the low wooden wall surrounding the area where a game of ↑ice hockey is played
•The puck went wide, hitting the boards. There are many other compounds ending in board. You will find them at their place in the alphabet.
more at sweep the board at ↑sweep v.
Word Origin:
Old English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’.
Thesaurus:
board noun
1. C
•The exam results are on the board.
sign • • notice • • plaque • • plate • |BrE noticeboard • |AmE bulletin board •
on a board/sign/notice/plaque/plate/noticeboard/bulletin board
put up/see/read a board/sign/notice/plaque/plate/noticeboard/bulletin board
a board/sign/notice/plaque appears/goes up
2. C+sing./pl. v.
•The project will go to the board for discussion.
committee • • council • • commisson • • panel • • jury • • delegation • • body •
a/an advisory/consultative board/committee/council/panel/body
a/an executive/management board/committee/council/body
serve on/sit on a board/committee/council/commisson/panel/jury/body
Example Bank:
•She put her ideas to the board.
•She was promoted and offered a seat on the board.
•The issue has been discussed at board level.
•The project will go to the board for consideration.
•There's a notice on the board.
•the company's board of directors
•All boxers are examined by medical officers from the British Boxing Board of Control.
•Contact the Wales Tourist Board for further information.
•He became one of the first foreigners to be appointed to the board of a major Japanese company.
•He's chairman of the BBC's board of governors.
•The exams are set by the Cambridge Examining Board.
•The principal and the school board have been discussing ways of dealing with the problem.
•There have been discussions about the issue at board level.
Idioms: ↑across the board ▪ ↑go by the board ▪ ↑on board ▪ ↑take something on board
Derived: ↑board somebody out ▪ ↑board something up
verb
GET ON PLANE/SHIP, ETC.
1. intransitive, transitive (formal)to get on a ship, train, plane, bus, etc
• Passengers are waiting to board.
•~ sth The ship was boarded by customs officials.
2. intransitive be boardingwhen a plane or ship is boarding, it is ready for passengers to get on
• Flight BA193 for Paris is now boarding at Gate 37.
LIVE SOMEWHERE
3. intransitive ~ at…/with sb to live and take meals in sb's home, in return for payment
• She always had one or two students boarding with her.
•He boarded at his aunt's house until he found a place of his own.
4. intransitive to live at a school during the school year
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Old English bord, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch boord and German Bort; reinforced in Middle English by Old French bort ‘edge, ship's side’ and Old Norse borth ‘board, table’.
Thesaurus:
board verb T, I (formal)
•Passengers were waiting to board.
get on • • get in • |formal embark •
board/get on/get in a bus/train
board/get on a plane/ship
Example Bank:
•BA Flight 943 for Istanbul is now boarding at Gate 14.
•Passengers were waiting to board.
•She boarded a train for Philadelphia.
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