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Added 9 October 2026

board

/bɔːd/ noun

In Latin: tabula Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about board at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A committee having supervisory powers.
the board has seven members
A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes.
A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose.
he nailed boards across the windows

verb

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.).
Live and take one's meals at or in.
she rooms in an old boarding house
Lodge and take meals (at).

Origin

Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English boord, boorde, bord, bourd, burd, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, plank; edge; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, top”) + *-dʰeti or *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”) + *-dʰeti. The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table".

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