Board

Noun

 * 1) A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
 * 2) A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
 * 3) Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
 * 4) A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
 * 5)  Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
 * 6)  The side of a ship.
 * 7)  The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
 * 8)  A rebound.
 * 9)  The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
 * 10)  A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Verb

 * 1)  To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
 * 2)  To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
 * 3)  To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
 * 4)   To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
 * 5)  To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
 * 6)  To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
 * 7) To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Adjectives for Board

 * (commission) nonpartisan; expert; efficient; glowing; political; mirthful; superior; ancient.
 * (official body) assembled; directing; executive; governing; advisory; high; honorable; local.
 * (wood) resplendent; stray; reeking; creaking; uncarpeted; shot-scarred; glistening; cypress; trophy-laden; decaying; rough-hewn; original; grub; sparing; wine-filled; ugly; sturdy; flimsy; scanty; groaning; festive; plenteous.

Verbs for Board

 * (official body) abolish—; admit to—; bring before—; control—; create—; elect to—; enlarge—; entrust to—; establish—; organize—; provide—; refer to—; set up—; staff—; —administers; —adopts; —advises; —authorizes;—agrees; —arbitrates; —condemns; —convenes; —develops; —disposes of; —effects;—elects ; —enacts ; —enforces ; —exercises; —investigates; —modifies; —operates; — outlines; —performs; —promotes; —provides; —reforms; —regulates; —relieves; —reports; —stimulates;  —supports;  — votes.
 * (wood) adjust—; burnish—; case with —s; cast upon —s; cover with —s; encase in —s; enclose in —s; finish off—; fit—; frame with—; hew—; measure—; patter over —s; plane—; preserve—; reinforce —s; sand—; scurry over —s; warp—; —bars; —creaks; —extends; —groans; —rots; —splinters; — splits; —warps.

Derived terms

 * poster board
 * aboard
 * above board
 * across the board
 * baseboard
 * blackboard
 * board game
 * boardroom
 * boardwalk
 * board of advirsors
 * board of directors
 * board of trustees
 * bodyboard, body board, body-board
 * boogieboard, boogie board, boogie-board
 * bulletin board
 * chalkboard


 * checkerboard
 * chessboard
 * chipboard
 * circuit board
 * clapboard
 * clapperboard
 * corkboard, cork-board
 * dartboard
 * dashboard
 * drawing board
 * duckboard
 * emery board
 * floorboard, floor board, floor-board
 * ironing board
 * keyboard
 * off board


 * on board
 * particle board
 * plasterboard
 * protoboard
 * room and board
 * sandwich board
 * skateboard
 * skirting board
 * snowboard
 * spine board
 * surfboard
 * sounding board
 * thumbboard
 * outboard
 * weatherboard
 * whiteboard

Etymology
From bord:, from.