board

About 78.30 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
2. noun A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
3. noun A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

   Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.

4. noun Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
5. noun A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

   We have to wait to hear back from the board.

6. noun Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.

   board and lodging

7. noun The side of a ship.
8. noun The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

Similar words

panel plank table control panel instrument panel get on dining table room circuit board card

Often followed by

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Word family

boarded boarding boardlike boards bord