Black wash
(n.) Alt. of Blackwash |
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 |
By-wash
(n.) The outlet from a dam or reservoir |
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. |
Wash
(v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water |
Wash
(v. t.) To cover with water or any liquid |
Wash
(v. t.) To waste or abrade by the force of water in motion |
Wash
(v. t.) To remove by washing to take away by, or as by, the action of water |
Wash
(v. t.) To cover with a thin or watery coat of color |
Wash
(v. t.) To overlay with a thin coat of metal |
Wash
(v. i.) To perform the act of ablution. |
Wash
(v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing or dipping it in water |
Wash
(v. i.) To bear without injury the operation of being washed |
Wash
(v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea |
Wash
(n.) The act of washing |
Wash
(n.) A piece of ground washed by the action of a sea or river, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry |
Wash
(n.) Substances collected and deposited by the action of water |
Wash
(n.) Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs. |
Wash
(n.) The fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. |
Wash
(n.) A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. |
Wash
(n.) That with which anything is washed, or wetted, smeared, tinted, etc., upon the surface. |
Wash
(n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion. |
Wash
(n.) A liquid dentifrice. |
Wash
(n.) A liquid preparation for the hair |
Wash
(n.) A medical preparation in a liquid form for external application |
Wash
(n.) A thin coat of color, esp. water color. |
Wash
(n.) A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. |
Wash
(n.) The blade of an oar, or the thin part which enters the water. |
Wash
(n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. |
Wash
(n.) The flow, swash, or breaking of a body of water, as a wave |
Wash
(n.) Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. |
wash washing
lavation | the work of cleansing (usually with soap and water) |
| 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 |
| wash | any enterprise in which losses and gains cancel out, at the end of the year the accounting department showed that it was a wash |
| 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 |
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 |
color wash
colour wash | a wash of whitewash or other water-base paint tinted with a colored pigment |
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 |
flatwork
flat wash | ironing that can be done mechanically |
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 |
laundry wash
washing
washables | garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering |
| 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 |
public toilet
comfort station
public convenience
convenience public lavatory
restroom
toilet facility
wash room | a toilet that is available to the public |
| 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 |