Board

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Look up board in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Board may refer to:

Contents

• 1 Flat surface
• 2 Recreation
• 3 People
• 4 Other
• 5 See also

Flat surface

• Lumber, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat
  • See Category:Engineered wood
  • Cutting board
  • Sounding board, of a musical instrument
• Cardboard (paper product)
• Paperboard
• Corrugated fiberboard
• Fiberboard
• Particle board, also known as chipboard
• A reusable writing surface
  • Chalkboard
  • Whiteboard

Recreation

• Boardsport platform, such as a surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard
• Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicate bridge
• Level (video games)
• Diving board (disambiguation)
• Board game
  • Chessboard
  • Checkerboard

People

• Mykel Board (b.1950), journalist

Other

• Boards (magazine), a 1999-2010 trade publication for the advertising community
• Board of directors, or a similar governing or advisory committee
• Printed circuit board, in computing and electronics
• Mixing console or sound board, for audio signals
• Bulletin board (disambiguation), where people can leave public messages
• Currency board, monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency
• Room and board – in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis
• Board examination – a part of education in some countries

See also

• Boarding (disambiguation)
• Board book, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper
• Board certification, for medical professionals in the United States
• Board foot, measurement of lumber volume
• Board toilet, toilet room built into a vehicle
• Bored (disambiguation)

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Noun

board (plural boards)

1. A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.
2. A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
3. Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.
4. A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

   We have to wait to hear back from the board.

5. (uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

   Room and board

6. (nautical) The side of a ship.
7. (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward
8. (basketball, slang) A rebound.
9. (ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
10. (archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

Derived terms Terms derived from board

• poster board
• aboard
• above board
• across the board
• baseboard
• blackboard
• board game
• boardroom
• boardwalk
• board of advirsors
• board of directors
• board of trustees
• bodyboard, body board, body-board
• boogieboard, boogie board, boogie-board
• bulletin board
• chalkboard

• checkerboard
• chessboard
• chipboard
• circuit board
• clapboard
• clapperboard
• corkboard, cork-board
• dartboard
• dashboard
• drawing board
• duckboard
• emery board
• floorboard, floor board, floor-board
• ironing board
• keyboard
• off board

• on board
• particle board
• plasterboard
• protoboard
• room and board
• sandwich board
• skateboard
• skirting board
• snowboard
• spine board
• surfboard
• sounding board
• thumbboard
• outboard
• weatherboard
• whiteboard