transcription, транскрипция: [ bɔ:(r)d ]
( boards, boarding, boarded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A board is a flat, thin, rectangular piece of wood or plastic which is used for a particular purpose.
...a chopping board.
N-COUNT : usu n N
2.
A board is a square piece of wood or stiff cardboard that you use for playing games such as chess.
...a draughts board...
N-COUNT
3.
You can refer to a blackboard or a noticeboard as a board .
He wrote a few more notes on the board.
N-COUNT
4.
Boards are long flat pieces of wood which are used, for example, to make floors or walls.
The floor was draughty bare boards.
N-COUNT
5.
The board of a company or organization is the group of people who control it and direct it. ( BUSINESS )
Arthur wants to put his recommendation before the board at a meeting tomorrow.
...the agenda for the September 12 board meeting.
= management
N-COUNT : oft the N in sing
see also board of directors
6.
Board is used in the names of various organizations which are involved in dealing with a particular kind of activity.
The Scottish Tourist Board said 33,000 Japanese visited Scotland last year.
...the US National Transportation Safety Board.
N-COUNT : usu the n N
7.
When you board a train, ship, or aircraft, you get on it in order to travel somewhere. ( FORMAL )
I boarded the plane bound for England.
= get on
VERB : V n , also V
8.
Board is the food which is provided when you stay somewhere, for example in a hotel.
Free room and board are provided for all hotel staff.
N-UNCOUNT
9.
see also bulletin board
10.
An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly.
All I knew about were Antony’s own financial dealings, which were always above board.
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR
11.
If a policy or a situation applies across the board , it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
There are hefty charges across the board for one-way rental...
The President promised across-the-board tax cuts if re-elected.
PHRASE : usu PHR after v , PHR n
12.
If something goes by the board , it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
It’s a case of not what you know but who you know in this world today and qualifications quite go by the board.
PHRASE : V inflects
13.
When you are on board a train, ship, or aircraft, you are on it or in it.
They arrived at Gatwick airport on board a plane chartered by the Italian government...
...a naval task force with two thousand marines on board.
PHRASE : PHR after v , v-link PHR , oft PHR n
14.
If someone sweeps the board in a competition or election, they win nearly everything that it is possible to win.
Spain swept the board in boys’ team competitions.
PHRASE : V inflects
15.
If you take on board an idea or a problem, you begin to accept it or understand it.
I hope that they will take on board some of what you have said.
PHRASE : V inflects