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 |
Re-sound (v. t. & i.) To sound again or anew. |
Sound (n.) The air bladder of a fish |
Sound (n.) A cuttlefish. |
Sound (superl.) Whole |
Sound (superl.) Healthy |
Sound (superl.) Firm |
Sound (superl.) Free from error |
Sound (superl.) Founded in truth or right |
Sound (superl.) heavy |
Sound (superl.) Undisturbed |
Sound (superl.) Founded in law |
Sound (adv.) Soundly. |
Sound (n.) A narrow passage of water, or a strait between the mainland and an island |
Sound (v. t.) To measure the depth of |
Sound (v. t.) Fig.: To ascertain, or try to ascertain, the thoughts, motives, and purposes of (a person) |
Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound |
Sound (v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device. |
Sound (n.) Any elongated instrument or probe, usually metallic, by which cavities of the body are sounded or explored, especially the bladder for stone, or the urethra for a stricture. |
Sound (n.) The peceived object occasioned by the impulse or vibration of a material substance affecting the ear |
Sound (n.) The occasion of sound |
Sound (n.) Noise without signification |
Sound (v. i.) To make a noise |
Sound (v. i.) To be conveyed in sound |
Sound (v. i.) To make or convey a certain impression, or to have a certain import, when heard |
Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise |
Sound (v. t.) To cause to exit as a sound |
Sound (v. t.) To order, direct, indicate, or proclain by a sound, or sounds |
Sound (v. t.) To celebrate or honor by sounds |
Sound (v. t.) To examine the condition of (anything) by causing the same to emit sounds and noting their character |
Sound (v. t.) To signify |
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 |
sound ranging | locating a source of sound (as an enemy gun) by measurements of the time the sound arrives at microphones in known positions |
sound reproduction | the reproduction of sound |
audio system sound system | a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
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 |
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 |
hi-fi high fidelity sound system | equipment for the reproduction of sound with high fidelity |
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 |