Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc. |
Board (n.) A table to put food upon. |
Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food |
Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private |
Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board |
Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc. |
Board (n.) The stage in a theater |
Board (n.) The border or side of anything. |
Board (n.) The side of a ship. |
Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack. |
Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding |
Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way. |
Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car. |
Board (n.) To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation |
Board (n.) To place at board, for compensation |
Board (v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation |
Board (v. t.) To approach |
Sail (n.) An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. |
Sail (n.) Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. |
Sail (n.) A wing |
Sail (n.) The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. |
Sail (n.) A sailing vessel |
Sail (n.) A passage by a sailing vessel |
Sail (n.) To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water |
Sail (n.) To move through or on the water |
Sail (n.) To be conveyed in a vessel on water |
Sail (n.) To set sail |
Sail (n.) To move smoothly through the air |
Sail (v. t.) To pass or move upon, as in a ship, by means of sails |
Sail (v. t.) To fly through |
Sail (v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel |
Sound-board (n.) A sounding-board. |
Sounding-board (n.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments. |
Sounding-board (n.) A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice. |
Sounding-board (n.) See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise. |
Studding sail () A light sail set at the side of a principal or square sail of a vessel in free winds, to increase her speed. Its head is bent to a small spar which is called the studding-sail boom. See Illust. of Sail. |
Water sail () A small sail sometimes set under a studding sail or under a driver boom, and reaching nearly to the water. |
Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. |
cruise sail | an ocean trip taken for pleasure |
board game | a game played on a specially designed board |
shovel board shove-halfpenny shove-ha'penny | a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark |
backgammon board | the board on which backgammon is played |
baffle baffle board | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
balloon sail | any light loose sail |
baseboard mopboard skirting board | a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor |
beaver board | a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp |
big board | the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange |
board | a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose, he nailed boards across the windows |
board gameboard | a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games, he got out the board and set up the pieces |
board rule | a measure used in computing board feet |
breadboard bread board | a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
bulletin board notice board | a board that hangs on a wall, displays announcements |
bulletin board system bulletin board electronic bulletin board bbs | a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest |
butcher board butcher block | a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood |
call-board | a bulletin board backstage in a theater |
checkerboard checker board | a board having squares of two alternating colors |
chessboard chess board | a checkerboard used to play chess |
chopping board cutting board | a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut |
circuit board circuit card board card plug-in add-in | a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
control panel instrument panel control board board panel | 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 |
cornice valance valance board pelmet | a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing |
CPU board mother board | the main circuit board for a computer |
cribbage board | a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs, used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage |
dartboard dart board | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
dining table board | a table at which meals are served, he helped her clear the dining table, a feast was spread upon the board |
display panel display board board | a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view |
diving board | a springboard from which swimmers can dive |
drafting board drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drainboard draining board | a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink |
fallboard fall-board | the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played |
fiberboard fibreboard particle board | wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets |
floorboard floor board | a board in the floor |
fore-and-aft sail | any sail not set on a yard and whose normal position is in a fore-and-aft direction |
gaffsail gaff-headed sail | a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail suspended from a gaff |
go board | a board used for playing go |
ironing board | narrow padded board on collapsible supports, used for ironing clothes |
lateen lateen sail | a triangular fore-and-aft sail used especially in the Mediterranean |
ledger board | top rail of a fence or balustrade |
memory computer memory storage computer storage store memory board | an electronic memory device, a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached |
monopoly board | a board used for playing monopoly |
New York Stock Exchange N. Y. Stock Exchange NYSE big board | a stock exchange in New York |
Ouija Ouija board | a board with the alphabet on it, used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages |
PC board | a removable circuit board for a personal computer, fits into a slot in the mother board |
plasterboard gypsum board | wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard, used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls |
press of sail press of canvas | the greatest amount of sail that a ship can carry safely |
running board | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
sail canvas canvass sheet | a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel |