n. 25B6; noun
a wooden board : PLANK, beam, panel, slat, batten, timber, lath.
the board of directors : COMMITTEE, council, panel, directorate, commission, group.
your room and board will be free : FOOD, meals, provisions, refreshments, diet, table, bread; keep, maintenance; informal grub, nosh, eats, chow; Brit. informal scoff.
25B6; verb
he boarded the aircraft : GET ON, go aboard, enter, mount, ascend; embark, emplane, entrain; catch; informal hop on.
a number of students boarded with them : LODGE, live, reside, be housed; N. Amer. room; informal put up, have digs.
they run a facility for boarding dogs : ACCOMMODATE, lodge, take in, put up, house; keep, feed, cater for.
25A0; board something up/over COVER UP/OVER, close up, shut up, seal.