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noun

ˈbȯrd How to pronounce board (audio)
Definition of boardnext
1
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers

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as in table
a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board

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verb

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as in to feed
to provide food or meals for housed and boarded many foster children over the years

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as in to house
to provide with living quarters or shelter boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found

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Recent Examples of board
Noun
The busiess was previously fined twice for unauthorized live entertainment, according to records from a 2025 Baltimore liquor board hearing. — Christopher Scarglato, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2026 To my eye, Rouy’s strategy of disfigurement also owes a debt to Francis Bacon, except a portrait by that artist offers up a person as a specimen to the viewer, like a dead butterfly pinned to a collector board. — David Lê, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
Verb
The most prominent bit of imagery in Fly Now (2022) is the front of an airplane with its door open and boarding stairs at the ready; the name koether is inscribed on the fuselage next to the door. — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The family claimed Nordquist was planning to fly back to Minnesota within two weeks, but never boarded his return flight, court documents show. — Tesfaye Negussie, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for board
Recent Examples of Synonyms for board
  1. organization
  2. table
  3. feed
  4. house
  5. association
  6. provision
  7. room
  8. institute
Noun
  • Delbar and Mansur meet at an organization called PeaceMeals; like much of No God But Us, PeaceMeals is riotously funny.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • So much work has gone into getting bipartisan backing and support from the big power conferences that falling short would be a huge setback for the organization.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of organization
Noun
  • On a recent weekend, a group of friends congregated in the venue’s basement, a narrow room with black leather couches and steel tables.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But here, in a backyard on Cimarron Street on the last Saturday in July, conversation bounces from table to table, mouth to mouth, and the harmony of the day falls into place.
    — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of table
Verb
  • That in turn feeds ‘The Ticker’, the basic on-screen representation of the score and ‘The Computer’, another programme that turns that raw information into the more intricate graphics that appear on the screen.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers fed that result into the Navier–Stokes effort, with Codex helping consolidate useful ideas between agent groups.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of feed
Verb
  • This does not include other emissions or costs of administering the vaccine — the structure that physically houses the flu clinic, the electricity for the lights, the table and syringes, or the transportation to get everyone there.
    — Cassandra Thiel, STAT, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Multi-Hyphenate is housed in deep oxblood-colored glass with silver detailing, part of a broader packaging approach designed to make each product feel distinctive and covetable.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of house
Noun
  • Carter arranged for a pickup and distributed the clothing through the tenant association office.
    — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026
  • If a document contains personal information that has no reason to appear publicly, ask whether the association can remove it, redact the information or restrict access.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of association
Verb
  • That makes their digital workspace provisioning all the more important.
    — Dr. Timothy J. Giardino, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Freshly provisioned, my payload equaled a third of my own weight.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of provision
Verb
  • But there’s also still room to grow, and certain structural issues as a result of this eight-ish-episodes-per-year format.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • After the instructional league that fall, Freeman and Heyward decided to room together in spring training.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of room
Noun
  • Only about 70 have been observed or collected, the institute said in a statement.
    — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The institute, which formally began domesticating Kernza in 2001, works with researchers and farmers around the world to develop perennial versions of wheat, rice, sorghum and other grain and oil seeds.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
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“Board.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/board. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

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