boarding
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dɪŋ
Verb
boarding
Noun
boarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)
- the act of people getting aboard a ship aircraft, train, bus etc.; embarkation
- 2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24:
- Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.
- the act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it
- a structure made of boards
- riding a skateboard
- (ice hockey) a penalty called for pushing into the boards
Translations
embarkation
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act of attacking an enemy ship
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structure made of boards
riding a skateboard
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ice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards
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References
- “boarding”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.