noun
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
- The side of a ship.
- The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
- A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- A level or stage having a particular layout.
- A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
noun
- A rebound.
noun
- (with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
- Structure around a rink for ice hockey.
- A hardcover binding on a book.
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Boards is a 3-meaning word in English. Medium-length words often have several interesting anagrams.
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