boarder

board·er | \ ˈbȯr-dər

plural boarders

Definition of boarder

1 : one that boards especially : one that is provided with regular meals or regular meals and lodging Mrs. Eads was able to rent the upstairs of a house that faced the river. It was evidently large enough for her to take in boarders and so bring in some income. — Henry Petroski

2a : a person who rides a snowboard : snowboarder More and more adult boarders are appearing on the slopes of Western ski resorts …— Ben Davidson

b : a person who rides a skateboard : skateboarder Skateboarding is the fastest-growing extreme sport in the United States, with more than 3 million new boarders taking up sport in 2003.— Michael Lisi

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Examples of boarder in a Sentence

She decided to take in boarders. Half of the students are boarders.

Recent Examples on the Web There are zero lines at the quad lift, and only a couple dozen boarders and skiers on the slope. — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, "The future of American skiing may be inside a New Jersey mall," 8 Jan. 2020 As the raid proceeded, Gonzalez escorted one of Shaikh’s new boarders outside. — Tim Golden, ProPublica, "Operation Encore and the Saudi Connection: A Secret History of the 9/11 Investigation," 23 Jan. 2020 There are zero lines at the quad lift, and only a couple dozen boarders and skiers on the slope. — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, "The future of American skiing may be inside a New Jersey mall," 8 Jan. 2020 Others, like Peggy Griffin, of Wellesley, Mass., prefer renting out an unused bedroom to long-term boarders. — Kaya Laterman, New York Times, "How to Refeather Your Empty Nest," 13 Dec. 2019 There are zero lines at the quad lift, and only a couple dozen boarders and skiers on the slope. — Karen Heller, Anchorage Daily News, "The future of American skiing may be inside a New Jersey mall," 8 Jan. 2020 There are zero lines at the quad lift, and only a couple dozen boarders and skiers on the slope. — Washington Post, "The future of American skiing may be inside a New Jersey mall," 7 Jan. 2020 The internment camps, which the government describes as job training centers, have cast a shadow even on students who are not boarders. — New York Times, "In China’s Crackdown on Muslims, Children Have Not Been Spared," 28 Dec. 2019 The same philosophy can, and should, apply to novice boarders. — Jenny Mccoy, SELF, "6 Tips for Beginner Snowboarders From Olympian Julia Marino," 22 Jan. 2019

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