board : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb including all
  
  • we got a pay raise across the board

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• adjective satellite broad in scope or content
  wide; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
  
  • across-the-board pay increases
  • an all-embracing definition
  • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
  • an invention with broad applications
  • a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
  • granted him wide powers

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• noun a board appointed to advise the chief administrator
  advisory board.
  

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• noun a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals
  appeals board; appeal board.
  

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• noun a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals
  appeals board; appeal board.
  

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• noun the board on which backgammon is played
  

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• a board for playing backgammon, often made in the form of two rectangular trays hinged together, each tray containing two "tables".

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• noun a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy
  baffle.
  

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• noun a light wallboard made of compressed wood pulp
  

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• . See under Bed.

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• noun a stock exchange in New York
  New York Stock Exchange; NYSE; N. Y. Stock Exchange.
  
• noun the large display board at the New York Stock Exchange that reports on stocks traded on the exchange
  

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• noun a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books
  binder board.
  

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• noun a cardboard used by bookbinders to make covers for books
  binder board.
  

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• (Naut.), side by side.

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• noun the volume of a piece of wood 1 foot square and 1 inch thick
  

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• noun a game played on a specially designed board
  

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• noun a system of units for measuring lumber based on the board foot
  

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• noun a meeting for administrative purposes
  committee meeting.
  

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• noun a member of a governing board
  

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• noun a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals
  appeals board; appeal board.
  

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• six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. Stormonth.

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• noun a group of persons chosen to govern the affairs of a corporation or other large institution
  directorate.
  

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• noun a board in charge of local public schools
  board of education.
  

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• noun a committee of university officers who have general supervision over the welfare and conduct of students
  

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• noun a board of officials elected to administer the public business of a New England town
  

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• in England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce.

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• noun a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of 1000 watts operating for one hour
  kW-hr; B.T.U.; kilowatt hour.
  

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• noun a governing board elected or appointed to direct the policies of an educational institution
  

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• noun a measure used in computing board feet
  

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• a figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. Haldeman.

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• verb cover with wooden boards
  
  • board up windows before the hurricane

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• . (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. Dryden.

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• noun a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane
  boarding card.
  

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• noun a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests
  boardinghouse.
  

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• noun a pass that allows you to board a ship or plane
  boarding card.
  

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• noun a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught
  

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• noun a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced
  breadboard.
  

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• a kind of fine pasteboard, made with a smooth but usually unglazed surface.

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• noun a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
  bulletin board system; bulletin board; bbs.
  
• noun a board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements
  bulletin board.
  

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• a board on which announcements are put, particularly at newsrooms, newspaper offices, etc.

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• noun a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
  bulletin board system; bulletin board; bbs.
  

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• noun a thick wooden slab formed by bonding together thick laminated strips of unpainted hardwood
  butcher block.
  

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• over the board, or side. "The mast went by the board." Totten. Hence (Fig.)

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• noun a bulletin board backstage in a theater
  

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• Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

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• noun the chairman of the board of directors of a corporation
  

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• noun a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors
  checkerboard.
  

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• noun a checkerboard used to play chess
  chessboard.
  

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• a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard.

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• noun a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut
  chopping board.
  

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• noun a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
  circuit card; add-in; board; plug-in; card.
  

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• noun a stiff moderately thick paper
  cardboard.
  

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• noun electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
  instrument panel; control panel; panel; board.
  
  • he checked the instrument panel
  • suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

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• noun cardboard with corrugations (can be glued to flat cardboard on one or both sides)
  corrugated cardboard.
  

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• noun the table that conferees sit around as they hold a meeting
  council table; conference table.
  

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• the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation.

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• noun the main circuit board for a computer
  CPU board.
  

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• cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing.

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• noun a board with pegs and regularly spaced holes for holding the pegs; used for keeping the score in a game of cribbage
  

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• a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

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• noun a wooden board where meats or vegetables can be cut
  chopping board.
  

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• noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
  teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
  

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• noun a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts
  dartboard.
  

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• noun a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
  display panel; board.
  

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• noun a springboard from which swimmers can dive
  

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• noun a board to select personnel for involuntary military service
  

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• noun a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings
  drafting board.
  

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• noun a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink
  drainboard.
  

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• noun a smooth board on which paper is placed for making drawings
  drafting board.
  

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• (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; called also eaves catch and eaves lath.

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• noun a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
  bulletin board system; bulletin board; bbs.
  

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• cardboard pulp mixed with emery and molded into convenient.

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• noun the hinged protective covering that protects the keyboard of a piano when it is not being played
  fallboard.
  

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• noun the seven-member board governing the Federal Reserve System
  

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• (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.

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• one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; a vane.

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• noun a board in the floor
  floorboard.
  

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• (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly.

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• (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. Knight.

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• (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and gunwale.

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• (Law), a phrase applied to a separation by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the wife, she may have alimony.

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• . (Naut.) (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel. (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.

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• (Bookbinding), a table or board on which signatures are gathered or assembled, to form a book. Knight.

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• noun a board used for playing go
  

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• noun a board that manages the affairs of an institution
  

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• noun wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls
  plasterboard.
  

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• the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart.

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• (Fancy Weaving), a board having holes through which cords pass which lift certain warp threads; called also compass board.

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• noun narrow padded board on collapsible supports; used for ironing clothes
  

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• a flat board, upon which clothes are laid being ironed.

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• an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc.

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• noun top rail of a fence or balustrade
  

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• (Naut.), short pieces of plank forming part of the lining of a ship's floor immediately above the timbers, so as to prevent the limbers from becoming clogged.

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• (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead.

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• the sloping boards set to shed rainwater outward in openings which are to be left otherwise unfilled; as belfry windows, the openings of a louver, etc.

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• (Carp.), boards fitted together with tongue and groove, or prepared to be so fitted.

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• noun an electronic memory device
  storage; computer storage; memory; computer memory; store.
  
  • a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached

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• . (a) See Follow board, under Follow, v. t. (b) A board on which bread or pastry is kneaded and shaped.

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• noun a board used for playing monopoly
  

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• . (a) A small square board with a handle beneath, for holding mortar; a hawk . (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; worn by students in some colleges. Slang now worn usually only at graduation time

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• noun the main circuit board for a computer
  CPU board.
  

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• noun an independent agency of the United States government charged with mediating disputes between management and labor unions
  NLRB.
  

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• noun a board that hangs on a wall; displays announcements
  bulletin board.
  

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• adverb on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle
  aboard.
  

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• . (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. (b) In or into a railway car or train. Colloq. U. S.

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• See under Board, Draught, Fire, etc.

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• noun a board with the alphabet on it; used with a planchette to spell out supernatural messages
  Ouija.
  

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• . See Paddle, n., 3.

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• one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. Eng.

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• noun wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets
  fiberboard; fibreboard.
  

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• noun a removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board
  

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• noun a board appointed to advise the chief administrator
  advisory board.
  

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• noun a cardboard suitable for making posters
  posterboard; paperboard.
  

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• (Mil.), a board of officers who consider and report upon the alleged incapacity of an officer for active service.

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• a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. U.S.

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• noun a narrow footboard serving as a step beneath the doors of some old cars
  

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• a narrow platform extending along the side of a locomotive. or automobile(pre-1960)

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• noun signboard consisting of two hinged boards that hang front and back from the shoulders of a walker and are used to display advertisements
  

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• noun a board in charge of local public schools
  board of education.
  

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• a corporation established by law in every borough or parish in England, and elected by the burgesses or ratepayers, with the duty of providing public school accomodation for all children in their dictrict.

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• an elected commitee of citizens having charge and care of the public schools in any district, town, or city, and responsible control of the money appropriated for school purposes. U.S.

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• (Naut.), a flat piece of wood used in serving ropes.

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• (Joinery), a fixture used in planing or shooting the edge of a board, by means of which the plane is guided and the board held true.

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• noun epaulets that indicate rank
  shoulder mark.
  

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• noun a game in which coins or discs are slid by hand across a board toward a mark
  shove-ha'penny; shove-halfpenny.
  

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• noun a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor
  baseboard; mopboard.
  

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• the board running around a room on the wall next the floor; baseboard.

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• noun plaything consisting of a sloping chute down which children can slide
  playground slide; slide.
  

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• a board suspended before a fireplace to prevent the smoke from coming out into the room.

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• boards for holding pugging, placed in partitions of under floors in order to deaden sounds.

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Sound"-board` noun

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1. A sounding-board.

   To many a row of pipes the sound-board breathes. Milton.

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• noun a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
  
  • I would use newspapermen as a sounding board for such policies
• noun (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument
  soundboard.
  

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Sound"ing-board` noun

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1. (Mus.) A thin board which propagates the sound in a piano, in a violin, and in some other musical instruments.
2. A board or structure placed behind or over a pulpit or rostrum to give distinctness to a speaker's voice.
3. pl. See Sound boarding, under Sound, a noise.

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• noun a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually
  

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• (Naut.), a going or falling astern; a loss of way in making a tack; as, to make a stern board. See Board, n., 8 (b).

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• (Elec.), a collection of switches in one piece of apparatus, so arranged that a number of circuits may be connected or combined in any desired manner. need "switchboard" for telephony

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• (Ropemaking), a board, frame, or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.

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• a strong quality of millboard made from junk and old tarred rope. Knight.

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• a board or tray for holding a tea set.

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• a shortened form of "The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions" (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches).

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• noun a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear
  spear thrower; throwing stick; dart thrower.
  

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• noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
  teeter; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
  

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• to have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. Cambridge, England. "Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college." Hallam.

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• to suffer complete destruction or overthrow.
• (Naut.), to fall or be carried overboard; as, the mast went by the board.

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• to lay one partly over another.

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• (Naut.), to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.

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• to tack frequently.

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• (Shipbuilding), the carved boards on both sides of the cutwater near the figurehead.

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• (Naut.), a small board hung in the steerage, having the points of the compass marked on it, and for each point as many holes as there are half hours in a watch. It is used for recording the courses made by the ship in each half hour, by putting a peg in the corresponding hole.

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• a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; so called because commonly supported by trestles.

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• noun a decorative framework to conceal curtain fixtures at the top of a window casing
  pelmet; cornice; valance.
  

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• (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States.

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• (Ch. of Eng.), a vestry. See def. 2, above.

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• noun a buoyant board (resembling a surfboard) that is used to ride over water while being pulled behind a motorboat
  wakeboard.
  

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Weath"er-board` transitive verb

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1. (Arch.) To nail boards upon so as to lap one over another, in order to exclude rain, snow, etc. Gwilt.

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• noun a horizontal board that provides a supported surface for manual work
  workboard.
  

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• noun work surface consisting of a wide lightweight board that can be placed across the lap and used for writing
  

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• noun a board of officials who divide an area into zones that are subject to different restrictions
  

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