board
1. a committee having supervisory powers (Freq. 28)
- the board has seven members
• Hypernyms:
committee, commission
• Hyponyms:
appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals, board of selectmen, Federal Reserve Board,
governing board, directorate, board of directors, advisory board, planning board, draft board,
school board, board of education, zoning board
• Member Meronyms:
director, board member
2. a stout length of sawn timber;
made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes (Freq. 18)
• Syn:
plank
• Derivationally related forms:
plank (for: plank)
• Hypernyms:
lumber, timber
• Hyponyms:
matchboard, skid, wale, strake, chipboard,
hardboard, deal
• Part Meronyms:
knot, knothole
3. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose (Freq. 4)
- he nailed boards across the windows
• Hypernyms:
sheet, flat solid
• Hyponyms:
aquaplane, breadboard, bread board, bulletin board, notice board,
chopping board, cutting board, drafting board, drawing board, drainboard, draining board,
floorboard, floor board, ironing board, kneeler, mortarboard, hawk,
palette, pallet, planchette, scoreboard, sideboard, skateboard,
snowboard, springboard, surfboard, trencher, wake board, wakeboard,
wallboard, drywall, dry wall, workboard, work-board
4. food or meals in general
- she sets a fine table
- room and board
• Syn:
table
• Hypernyms:
fare
• Hyponyms:
training table
5. a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
• Syn:
display panel, display board
• Hypernyms:
display, video display
• Hyponyms:
big board
6. a table at which meals are served
- he helped her clear the dining table
- a feast was spread upon the board
• Syn:
dining table
• Hypernyms:
table
• Hyponyms:
dining-room table, dinner table, high table, refectory table, triclinium
7. 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
• Syn:
control panel, instrument panel, control board, panel
• Hypernyms:
electrical device
• Hyponyms:
dashboard, fascia
• Part Meronyms:
idiot light
8. a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
• Syn:
circuit board, circuit card, card, plug-in, add-in
• Hypernyms:
printed circuit
• Hyponyms:
CPU board, mother board, PC board
9. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- he got out the board and set up the pieces
• Syn:
gameboard
• Hypernyms:
surface
• Hyponyms:
backgammon board, checkerboard, checker board, cribbage board, dartboard,
dartboard, go board, monopoly board, Ouija, Ouija board,
pegboard, punchboard
1. get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
get on
• Ant:
get off (for: get on)
• Derivationally related forms:
boarder
• Hypernyms:
enter, come in, get into, get in, go into,
go in, move into
• Hyponyms:
embark, ship, entrain, catch
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. live and take one's meals at or in (Freq. 2)
- she rooms in an old boarding house
• Syn:
room
• Derivationally related forms:
room (for: room), roomer (for: room), boarder
• Hypernyms:
populate, dwell, live, inhabit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. lodge and take meals (at)
• Derivationally related forms:
boarder
• Hypernyms:
use, habituate
• Entailment:
consume, ingest, take in, take, have
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
4. provide food and lodging (for)
- The old lady is boarding three men
• Hypernyms:
provide, supply, ply, cater
• Hyponyms:
live in, sleep in
• Entailment:
feed, give
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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