boarder

noun

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 That’s true in Finland, as well, which shares a long boarder with Russia. — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2022 The Illinois Department of Public Health doesn’t publish boarder data online, unlike other hospital metrics. — Lisa Schencker, chicagotribune.com, 7 Jan. 2022 American boarder and social media figure Chloe Kim won the gold in halfpipe for the second time, adding to her 2018 medal from Pyeongchang. — Ted Anthony, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2022 Around the same time, Dunn-Downing and another pro boarder, Tina Basich, created their own clothing line, Prom. — Alicia Ault, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Feb. 2022 The Lems’ boarder, in his haste to depart, left behind pages of handwritten poetry. — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 In front was a boogie boarder; just beyond two men paddled stand-up boards. — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021 See More

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