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    <title>board</title>
    <id>2812</id>
    <revision>
      <id>6814251</id>
      <timestamp>2009-06-17T19:01:56Z</timestamp>
      <contributor>
        <username>Kasmil</username>
        <id>188623</id>
      </contributor>
      <comment>t+sw:[[bao]] ([[WT:EDIT|Assisted]])</comment>
      <text xml:space="preserve">{{wikipedia}}
==English==

{{rank|opposite|vast|isn't|974|board|associated|worse|safe}}
[[Image:board.agr.jpg|thumb|100px|A wooden '''board''']]

===Etymology===
{{etyl|ang}} ''[[bord]]''.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|en-us-board.ogg|Audio US}}
* {{IPA|/bɔː(r)d/}}
* {{rhymes|ɔː(r)d}}

====Homophones====
* [[bored]]

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A relatively long, wide and thin piece of [[saw|sawn]] [[wood]] or similar material, usually intended for use in [[construction]].
# A device ([[e.g.]], [[switchboard]]) containing [[electrical]] [[switch]]es and other [[control]]s and designed to control [[light]]s, [[sound]], [[telephone]] [[connection]]s, etc.
# Short for [[blackboard]], [[whiteboard]], [[chessboard]], [[surfboard]], etc.
# A [[committee]] that [[manage]]s the [[business]] of an [[organization]], [[e.g.]], a ''[[board of directors]]''.
#: ''We have to wait to hear back from the '''board'''.''
# {{uncountable}} Regular [[meal]]s or the [[amount]] [[paid]] for them in a place of [[lodging]].
#: ''Room and '''board'''
# {{nautical}} The [[side]] of a [[ship]].
# {{nautical}} The [[distance]] a [[sailing]] [[vessel]] runs between [[tack]]s when working to [[windward]]
# {{basketball|slang}} A [[rebound]].
# {{ice hockey}} The [[wall]] that surrounds an [[ice hockey]] [[rink]], often in plural.
# {{archaic}} A long, narrow table, like that used in a [[medieval]] dining hall.

====Derived terms====
{{rel-top3|Terms derived from “board”}}
* [[aboard]]
* [[above board]]
* [[across the board]]
* [[baseboard]]
* [[blackboard]]
* [[board game]]
* [[boardroom]]
* [[boardwalk]]
* [[board of advirsors]]
* [[board of directors]]
* [[board of trustees]]
* [[bodyboard]], [[body board]], [[body-board]]
* [[boogieboard]], [[boogie board]], [[boogie-board]]
* [[bulletin board]]
* [[chalkboard]]
{{rel-mid3}}
* [[checkerboard]]
* [[chessboard]]
* [[chipboard]]
* [[circuit board]]
* [[clapboard]]
* [[clapperboard]]
* [[corkboard]], [[cork-board]]
* [[dartboard]]
* [[dashboard]]
* [[drawing board]]
* [[duckboard]]
* [[emery board]]
* [[floorboard]], [[floor board]], [[floor-board]]
* [[ironing board]]
* [[keyboard]]
{{rel-mid3}}
* [[off board]]
* [[on board]]
* [[particle board]]
* [[plasterboard]]
* [[protoboard]]
* [[room and board]]
* [[sandwich board]]
* [[skateboard]]
* [[skirting board]]
* [[snowboard]]
* [[surfboard]]
* [[sounding board]]
* [[outboard]]
* [[weatherboard]]
* [[whiteboard]]
{{rel-bottom}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|piece of wood}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|дъска|f|tr=dəská|sc=Cyrl}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|plank|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lauta}}
* German: {{t+|de|Brett|n}}
* Hebrew: [[לוח]] (luakh) {{m}}
* Irish: [[clár]]
* Japanese: [[板]] (ita)
* Kurdish:
*: Sorani: {{t|ku|ته‌خته‌|tr=takhta|sc=ku-Arab}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Latvian: [[dēlis]] {{m}}
* [[Malayalam]]: [[പലക]] (palaka)
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|bord}}, {{t|no|planke}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tábua}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|доска|f|tr=doská|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|tablero|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|bräda}}, {{t+|sv|skiva}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[చెక్కబల్ల]] (cekkaballa)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|amount paid for meals and lodging}}
* Dutch: {{t-|nl|logement|n}}
* Finnish: [[majoitus]]
* Japanese: [[宿泊料金]] (shukuhaku-ryōkin)
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|diária}}, {{t+|pt|despesa}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стол|m|tr=stol|sc=Cyrl}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|device containing electrical switches}}
* Dutch: [[paneel]] {{n}}, [[bord]] {{n}}, [[controlebord]] {{n}}
* Finnish: [[taulu]], [[sähkötaulu]], [[kytkintaulu]]
* German: {{t+|de|Pult|n}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|tavle|c}}, {{t-|no|panel|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: [[mesa elétrica]] {{f}}, [[painel de controle]] {{m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|коммутатор|m|tr=kommutátor|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|стенд|m|tr=stend|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|панель|f|tr=panél'|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|tablero|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|blackboard, whiteboard etc}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|bord|n}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|taulu}}, {{t+|fi|lauta}}, {{t+|fi|levy}}
* German: {{t+|de|Tafel|f}}
* Hebrew: [[לוח]] (luakh) {{m}}
* Irish: [[clár]]
* Japanese: [[黒板]] (kokuban), [[ホワイトボード]] (howaitobo-do)
* Kurdish:
*: Sorani: {{t|ku|ته‌خته‌|tr=takhta|sc=ku-Arab}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Latvian: [[tāfele]] {{f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|tavle|m|f}}, {{t-|no|brett|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|quadro|m}}, {{t+|pt|lousa|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|доска|f|tr=doská|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|pizarra|f}}, {{t-|es|pizarrón|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tavla}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[నల్లబల్ల]] (nallaballa), [[తెల్లబల్ల]] (tellaballa)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|committee}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|raad|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hallitus}}, {{t+|fi|johtokunta}}, {{t+|fi|lautakunta}}
* German: {{t+|de|Gremium|n}}
* Japanese: [[委員会]] (iinkai)
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|styre|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|conselho|m}}, {{t+|pt|comitê|m}}, {{t+|pt|junta|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|правление|n|tr=pravlénije|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|палата|f|tr=paláta|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|совет|m|tr=sov'ét|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|руководство|n|tr=rukovódstvo|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|коллегия|f|tr=koll'égija|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t+|ru|комитет|m|tr=komit'ét|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|consejo|m}}, {{t-|es|comité|m}}, {{t+|es|junta|f}}, {{t-|es|buró|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|styrelse}}, {{t+|sv|nämnd}}
* [[Telugu]]: [[బోర్డు]] (bOrDu), [[సమితి]] (samiti)
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|basketball: a rebound}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|levypallo}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: [[rebatida]], [[taco]]
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|side of a ship}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kylki}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|bord}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bordo}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|борт|m|tr=bort|sc=Cyrl}}
* Spanish: {{t-|es|bordo|m}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical: a distance}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|legi}}, {{t-|fi|halssi}}, {{t-|fi|luovi}}
{{trans-mid}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schlag|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|wall surrounding ice hockey rink}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laita}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|vant|n}}
* Swahili: {{t|sw|bao}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====See also====
* [[batten]]
* [[beam]]
* [[lath]]
* [[plank]]
* [[pole]]
* [[slab]]
* [[veneer]]

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{transitive}} To [[step]] or [[climb]] onto or otherwise [[enter]] a [[ship]], [[aircraft]], [[train]] or other [[conveyance]].
# {{transitive}} To [[provide]] someone with meals and lodging, usually in [[exchange]] for [[money]].
# {{transitive}} To [[receive]] meals and lodging in exchange for money.
# {{transitive}} {{nautical}} To [[capture]] an [[enemy]] ship by going [[alongside]] and [[grappling]] her, then [[invading]] her with a [[boarding party]]
# {{intransitive}} To [[obtain]] meals, or meals and [[lodging]]s, [[statedly]] for compensation

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to step or climb}}
* Dutch: [[aan boord gaan]], [[opstappen]], [[instappen]]
* Finnish: [[nousta]], [[astua]] ([[laiva]]an, [[alus|alukseen]] etc.)
* French: [[monter]] (à bord de), [[embarquer]]
* German: [[an Bord gehen]], [[einsteigen]]
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|felszáll}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|borde}}, {{t+|no|entre}}, {{t|no|gå ombord}}
* [[Novial]]: [[aborda]]
* Spanish: {{t+|es|abordar}}, {{t-|es|embarcar}}
* Swedish: [[gå ombord]]
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to provide someone with meals and lodging}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|logeren}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|majoittaa}}
* German: {{t+|de|beherbergen}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|élelmez}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|losjere}}
* Swedish: [[inackordera]] ''v.t.''
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to receive meals and lodging in exchange for money}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|logeren}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|majoittua}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Norwegian: {{t|no|losjere}}
* Swedish: [[inackordera]] ''v.i.''
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|nautical: to capture an enemy ship}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|enteren}}
* Finnish: {{t-|fi|entrata}}
* German: {{t+|de|entern}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Norwegian: {{t-|no|borde}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|abordar}}
* Swedish: [[borda]], [[äntra]]
{{trans-bottom}}

[[Category:1000 English basic words]]

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