¹aboard

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adverb or adjective \ə-ˈbȯrd\

: on, onto, or within a train, a ship, an airplane, etc.

Full Definition of ABOARD

1

:  alongside

2

a :  on, onto, or within a vehicle (as a car or ship)

b :  in or into a group, association, or organization <her second promotion since coming aboard>

3

baseball :  on base

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First Known Use of ABOARD

14th century

Rhymes with ABOARD

accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard

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preposition

: on or into (a train, ship, etc.)

Full Definition of ABOARD

:  on, onto, within <go aboard ship> <aboard a plane>

First Known Use of ABOARD

15th century

Other Nautical Terms

avast, aweigh, flotsam, jib, keel, lee, port, starboard, stay