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 |
Half
(a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half |
Half
(a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half |
Half
(adv.) In an equal part or degree |
Half
(a.) Part |
Half
(a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided |
Half
(v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. |
Half-and-half
(n.) A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. |
Half blood
() The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both |
Half blood
(n.) A person so related to another. |
Half blood
(n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races |
Half-blooded
(a.) Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races |
Half-blooded
(a.) Degenerate |
Half-boot
(n.) A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress. |
Half-bound
(n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book. |
Half-bred
(a.) Half-blooded. |
Half-bred
(a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding |
Half-breed
(a.) Half-blooded. |
Half-breed
(n.) A person who is blooded |
Half-brother
(n.) A brother by one parent, but not by both. |
Half-caste
(n.) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective |
Half-clammed
(a.) Half-filled. |
Half-cracked
(a.) Half-demented |
Half-deck
(n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula |
Half-deck
(n.) See Half deck, under Deck. |
Half-decked
(a.) Partially decked. |
Half-faced
(a.) Showing only part of the face |
Half-fish
(n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. |
Half-hatched
(a.) Imperfectly hatched |
Half-heard
(a.) Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. |
Half-hearted
(a.) Wanting in heart or spirit |
Half-hearted
(a.) Lacking zeal or courage |
Half-hourly
(a.) Done or happening at intervals of half an hour. |
Half-learned
(a.) Imperfectly learned. |
| half gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board |
| 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 |
| half volley | a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces |
| half nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck |
jacksnipe half snipe
Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
| 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 |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
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 |
domino half mask
eye mask | a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes |
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 |
Dutch door
half door | an exterior door divided in two horizontally, either half can be closed or open independently |
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 |
| half binding | book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another |
| half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
| half hatchet | a hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other |
| half hitch | a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object, usually tied double |
| half-length | a portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| half sole | shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
| ironing board | narrow padded board on collapsible supports, used for ironing clothes |