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 |
Member (v. t.) To remember |
Member (n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office |
Member (n.) Hence, a part of a whole |
Member (n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence |
Member (n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality. |
Member (n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss. |
Member (n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings. |
Member (n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like |
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. |
Weather-board (v. t.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. |
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 |
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 |
go board | a board used for playing go |
ironing board | narrow padded board on collapsible supports, used for ironing clothes |
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 |
running board | a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars |
sandwich board | signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements |
seesaw teeter teeter-totter teetertotter teeterboard tilting board dandle board | a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum, the board is ridden up and down by children at either end |
shoulder board shoulder mark | epaulets that indicate rank |
slide playground slide sliding board | plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide |
sounding board soundboard | (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument |
structural member | support that is a constituent part of any structure or building |
throwing stick throwing board spear thrower dart thrower | a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear |