boord

English

Noun

boord (plural boords)

1. Obsolete form of board.
   • 1631, A rich storehouse, or treasure for the diseased, page 117:

     […] and then let there be a hot Boord, or a logget of Wood, laid (as hot as may be suffered) to the soles of his feet when he goeth to bed, to provoke him to sweat if he can, […]

Anagrams

• Dobro, brood, dobro, droob

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boːrt/

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• Hyphenation: boord
• Rhymes: -oːrt
• Homophones: Boord, boort

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boorde, from Old Dutch *bordo, from Frankish *bord (“plank, board”), from Proto-Germanic *burdô, *burdą (“plank, board”).

Noun

boord m (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)

1. border, boundary
2. shore, bank
3. (also neuter) collar (of a shirt)

   witte boorden: the white-collar class

Synonyms

• (border): grens
• (shore): oever
• (collar): kraag

Derived terms

• afboorden
• omboorden

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: borki

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch boort, from earlier bort. Doublet of bord.

Noun

boord m or n (plural boorden, diminutive boordje n)

1. (nautical) a collective term used for both sides of a ship (the starboard and the port)
2. the entire ship

   aan boord: on board, aboard

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 250

Anagrams

• brood

Middle English

Noun

boord

1. Alternative form of bord