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 |
Corbel-table (n.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them |
Drawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Draw |
Drawing (n.) The act of pulling, or attracting. |
Drawing (n.) The act or the art of representing any object by means of lines and shades |
Drawing (n.) The process of stretching or spreading metals as by hammering, or, as in forming wire from rods or tubes and cups from sheet metal, by pulling them through dies. |
Drawing (n.) The process of pulling out and elongating the sliver from the carding machine, by revolving rollers, to prepare it for spinning. |
Drawing (n.) The distribution of prizes and blanks in a lottery. |
Drawing knife (n.) Alt. of Drawknife |
Drawing-room (n.) A room appropriated for the reception of company |
Drawing-room (n.) The company assembled in such a room |
Plane table () See under Plane, a. |
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. |
Table (n.) A smooth, flat surface, like the side of a board |
Table (n.) A thin, flat piece of wood, stone, metal, or other material, on which anything is cut, traced, written, or painted |
Table (n.) a memorandum book. |
Table (n.) Any smooth, flat surface upon which an inscription, a drawing, or the like, may be produced. |
Table (n.) Hence, in a great variety of applications: A condensed statement which may be comprehended by the eye in a single view |
Table (n.) A view of the contents of a work |
Table (n.) A list of substances and their properties |
Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc. |
Table (n.) The arrangement or disposition of the lines which appear on the inside of the hand. |
Table (n.) An article of furniture, consisting of a flat slab, board, or the like, having a smooth surface, fixed horizontally on legs, and used for a great variety of purposes, as in eating, writing, or working. |
Table (n.) Hence, food placed on a table to be partaken of |
Table (n.) The company assembled round a table. |
Table (n.) One of the two, external and internal, layers of compact bone, separated by diploe, in the walls of the cranium. |
Table (n.) A stringcourse which includes an offset |
Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played. |
Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board |
Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts. |
Table (n.) A circular plate of crown glass. |
draft draught drawing | the act of moving a load by drawing or pulling |
casting lots drawing lots sortition | making a chance decision by using lots (straws or pebbles etc.) that are thrown or drawn |
drawing drawing off | act of getting or draining something such as electricity or a liquid from a source, the drawing of water from the well |
table game | a game that is played on a table |
table tennis Ping-Pong | a game (trademark Ping-Pong) resembling tennis but played on a table with paddles and a light hollow ball |
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 |
lottery drawing | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots |
drafting mechanical drawing | the craft of drawing blueprints |
drawing draftsmanship drafting | the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams, he learned drawing from his father |
altar communion table Lord's table | the table in Christian churches where communion is given |
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 |
breakfast table | a table where breakfast is eaten |
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 |
card table | a small light table with folding legs, can be folded for storage |
card table | a table for playing cards (as in a casino) |
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 |
coffee table cocktail table | low table where magazines can be placed and coffee or cocktails are served |
coffee-table book | an elaborate oversize book suitable for displaying on a coffee table |
conference table council table council board | the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting |
console table console | a small table fixed to a wall or designed to stand against a wall |
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 |
cutaway cutaway drawing cutaway model | a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts |
dartboard dart board | a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts |
delineation depiction limning line drawing | a drawing of the outlines of forms or objects |
diningoom table | diningoom furniture consisting of a table on which meals can be served |
dining table board | a table at which meals are served, he helped her clear the dining table, a feast was spread upon the board |
dinner table | the dining table where dinner is served and eaten |
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 |
draft rough drawing | a preliminary sketch of a design or picture |
drafting board drawing board | a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings |
drafting table drawing table | a worktable with adjustable top |