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 |
Breast (n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly |
Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young |
Breast (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom |
Breast (n.) The face of a coal working. |
Breast (n.) The front of a furnace. |
Breast (n.) The seat of consciousness |
Breast (n.) The power of singing |
Breast (v. t.) To meet, with the breast |
Breast-deep (a.) Deep as from the breast to the feet |
Breast-high (a.) High as the breast. |
Breast (n.) A torus. |
Chimney-breast (n.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built |
Moldboard (n.) Alt. of Mouldboard |
Mouldboard (n.) A curved plate of iron (originally of wood) back of the share of a plow, which turns over the earth in plowing. |
Mouldboard (n.) A follow board. |
Plough (n. & v.) See Plow. |
Plow (n.) Alt. of Plough |
Plough (n.) A well-known implement, drawn by horses, mules, oxen, or other power, for turning up the soil to prepare it for bearing crops |
Plough (n.) Fig.: Agriculture |
Plough (n.) A carucate of land |
Plough (n.) A joiner's plane for making grooves |
Plough (n.) An implement for trimming or shaving off the edges of books. |
Plough (n.) Same as Charles's Wain. |
Plow (v. t.) Alt. of Plough |
Plough (v. t.) To turn up, break up, or trench, with a plow |
Plough (v. t.) To furrow |
Plough (v. t.) To trim, or shave off the edges of, as a book or paper, with a plow. See Plow, n., 5. |
Plough (n.) To cut a groove in, as in a plank, or the edge of a board |
Plow (v. i.) Alt. of Plough |
Plough (v. i.) To labor with, or as with, a plow |
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. |
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 |
nursing breast feeding | nourishing at the breast |
breast | the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest |
plow horse plough horse | a horse used to pull a plow |
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 |
boards | the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink |
boards | the stage of a theater, most actors love to stride the boards |
breadboard bread board | a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced |
breast drill | a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work |
breast implant | an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed |
breast pocket | a pocket inside of a man's coat |
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 |
chimney breast | walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base |
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 |
lister lister plow lister plough middlebreaker middle buster | moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow |
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 |
moldboard mouldboard | wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow |
moldboard plow mouldboard plough | plow that has a moldboard |
monopoly board | a board used for playing monopoly |