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Antonyms for board

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bawrd, bohrd
Phonetic Transcription : bɔrd, boʊrd


Definition of board

Origin :
  • Old English bord "a plank, flat surface," from Proto-Germanic *burdam (cf. Old Norse borð "plank," Dutch bord "board," Gothic fotu-baurd "foot-stool," German Brett "plank"), from PIE *bhrdh- "board," from root *bherdh- "to cut." See also board (n.2), with which this is so confused as practically to form one word (if indeed they were not the same word all along).
  • A board is thinner than a plank, and generally less than 2.5 inches thick. The transferred meaning "food" (late 14c.) is an extension of the late Old English sense of "table" (cf. boarder, boarding); hence, also, above board "honest, open" (1610s). A further extension is to "table where council is held" (1570s), then transferred to "leadership council, council (that meets at a table)," 1610s.
  • noun piece of wood
  • noun meal
  • noun group of advisers
  • verb embark on vehicle
  • verb provide food and sleeping quarters
Example sentences :
  • He quickly turned the boat to the shore, and the stranger jumped on board.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He didn't go on board till the morning on which the ship was to sail.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • If you don't know my position on board this ship, it's time you found it out!
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Two ropes were then hauled on board the vessel, a larger and a smaller.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • It was no louder than a whisper from without—the creak of a board.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Mr. Bright, contrary to all expectation, became President of the Board of Trade.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • When the train pulled into the station she was the first person to board it.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • You can come on board as much earlier as you like, but I have named the latest time.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • A boat came over from the other shore in the night, and a man got on board.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • You've got no authority to board me, and I won't have you do it.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

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