boarder

noun board·er \ ˈbȯr-dər \

|Updated on: 13 Jun 2018

Examples: boarder in a Sentence

Definition of boarder

plural boarders

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

2 a : 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 of boarder from the Web

The home at 435 Hawthorne where Johnson once lived as a boarder is still there, all these years later.

— craig hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "Lyndon Baines Johnson statue coming soon to downtown Houston," 1 June 2018
Surrounded by mountains and rainforest, Hobuck’s isolated shore is protected from storms by a pair of rocky points and offers consistent surf for anglers and boarders nearly year-round.

— the editors, Outside Online, "North America's 16 Best, Most Overlooked Beaches," 1 June 2018
Cross boarder trade continues to be very important.

— recode staff, Recode, "Full video and transcript: Kleiner Perkins’ Mary Meeker at Code 2018," 31 May 2018
The Brits are known for possessing a stiff upper lip, but the ginger multi-millionaire boarders unfeeling during this capable, but watered-down rendition.

— jessi roti, chicagotribune.com, "15 of the weirdest Bob Dylan cover songs to celebrate his birthday," 24 May 2018
The other man, Morris Melnik, who is his boarder, is a refugee who survived the Holocaust and life in post-war Soviet Russia before making it to the United States.

— jason daley, Smithsonian, "Scholar Finds New Isaac Bashevis Singer Story," 1 May 2018
Reb Berish had many times made up his mind not to have any more conversations with his boarder, the charlatan who had gone through hell and remained no good.

— ben taub, The New Yorker, "The Boarder," 30 Apr. 2018
Moon's handshake with Kim and steps across the boarder in North Korea culminate a year of stunning progress on the diplomatic front for the South Korean leader.

— thomas maresca, USA TODAY, "South Korea's Moon Jae-in is more popular than ever," 10 May 2018
Somehow this grumbling boarder’s harsh words took the place of onion, horseradish, garlic, or a glass of vodka.

— ben taub, The New Yorker, "The Boarder," 30 Apr. 2018

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