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board
has definitions from the fields of games,computer science,physics,electronics,housing,food,government,transportation
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[ noun ] (government) a committee having supervisory powers
Examples "the board has seven members" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Money for its construction will be sought later_on but in_the_meantime the State_Hospital board can accept gifts and donations of a site . Under Formby 's plan , an appointee would be selected by a board composed of the governor , lieutenant_governor , speaker of the House , attorney_general and chief_justice of the Texas_Supreme_Court . |
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[ noun ] a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
Examples "he nailed boards across the windows" Used in print (Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)His head hung over the boards of Katie 's stall ; before it was sprawled the mangled corpse of the bearded stranger . |
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[ noun ] a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Synonyms Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Alley fences were made of solid boards higher than one 's head , but not so high as the golden_glow in a corner or the hollyhocks that grew in a line against them . (The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)The first one or two roof boards ( marked `` E '' in fig. 6 ) are slipped into place across the roof beams , from outside the shelter . These boards are nailed to the roof beams by reaching up through the open space between the beams , from inside the shelter . Concrete blocks are passed between the beams and put on the boards . The last roof boards are covered with blocks from outside the shelter . |
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[ noun ] a board on which information can be displayed to public view
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[ noun ] (games) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
Synonyms Examples "he got out the board and set up the pieces" |
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[ verb ] (transportation) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
Synonyms Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)She usually wore weeds , and a stranger watching her board a train might have guessed that Mr._Pastern was dead , but Mr._Pastern was far from dead . |
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[ noun ] (food) food or meals in general
Synonyms Examples "she sets a fine table" "room and board" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (physics) electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
Synonyms Examples "he checked the instrument panel" "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" Related terms |
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[ noun ] (computer science,physics,electronics) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
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[ verb ] (housing,food) live and take one's meals at or in
Synonyms Examples "she rooms in an old boarding house" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)This is in contrast to the family with whom he boards . (W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)It was arranged that he would board in the home of one of the old members of the church , a woman named Catt who , as Wilson afterward found , was briefly referred to as The_Cat because of her sharp_tongue and fierce initiative . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (housing,food) a table at which meals are served
Synonyms Examples "he helped her clear the dining table" "a feast was spread upon the board" Related terms |
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[ verb ] lodge and take meals (at)
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 7227
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