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 |
Finger
(n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand |
Finger
(n.) Anything that does work of a finger |
Finger
(n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand |
Finger
(n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. |
Finger
(v. t.) To touch with the fingers |
Finger
(v. t.) To touch lightly |
Finger
(v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music. |
Finger
(v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing. |
Finger
(v. t.) To take thievishly |
Finger
(v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work. |
Finger
(v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. |
Five-finger
(n.) See Cinquefoil. |
Five-finger
(n.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens. |
Lady's finger
() The kidney vetch. |
Lady's finger
() A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger. |
Lady's finger
() A long, slender variety of the potato. |
Lady's finger
() One of the branchiae of the lobster. |
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 |
| finger-painting | painting by using the fingers to spread the paint |
| 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 |
bones
castanets
clappers
finger cymbals | a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance |
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 |
| finger | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb |
| finger bowl | small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table |
| finger hole | a hole for inserting a finger |
| finger hole | one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument, pitch changes when a finger covers it |
finger paint
fingerpaint | paint that has the consistency of jelly |
| finger-painting | a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers |
finger plate
escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
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 |