Aboard :: Aboard (adv.) On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car..

Aboard :: Aboard (adv.) Alongside; as, close aboard..

Aboard :: Aboard (prep.) On board of; as, to go aboard a ship..

Aboard :: Aboard (prep.) Across; athwart.

Aboveboard :: Aboveboard (adv.) Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception..

Astarboard :: Astarboard (adv.) Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting.

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc..

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.

Backboard :: Backboard (n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.

Bargeboard :: Bargeboard (n.) A vergeboard.

Baseboard :: Baseboard (n.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard..

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A piece of thick plank, armed with iron plates, and fixed on the bow or fore channels of a vessel, for the bill or fluke of the anchor to rest on..

Billboard :: Billboard (n.) A flat surface, as of a panel or of a fence, on which bills are posted; a bulletin board..

Blackboard :: Blackboard (n.) A broad board painted black, or any black surface on which writing, drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools..

Boar :: Boar (n.) The uncastrated male of swine; specifically, the wild hog..

Board :: Board (n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc..

Board :: Board (n.) A table to put food upon.

Board :: Board (n.) Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board..

Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..

Board :: Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board..

Board :: Board (n.) Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards..

Board :: Board (n.) The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession..

Board :: Board (n.) The border or side of anything.

Board :: Board (n.) The side of a ship.

Board :: Board (n.) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.

Board :: Board (v. t.) To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house..

Board :: Board (n.) To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way..

Board :: Board (n.) To enter, as a railway car..

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