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Noun board has 9 senses
  1. board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"
    --1 is a kind of     committee, commission
    --1 has member: director; board member
    --1 has particulars:
     appeal board, appeals board, board of appeals; board of selectmen; Federal Reserve Board; governing board; directorate, board of directors; advisory board, planning board; draft board; school board, board of education; zoning board
  2. board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"
    --2 is a kind of     sheet, flat solid
    --2 has particulars:
     aquaplane; breadboard, bread board; bulletin board, notice board; chopping board, cutting board; drafting board, drawing board; drainboard, draining board; floorboard, floor board; ironing board; kneeler; mortarboard, hawk; palette, pallet; planchette; scoreboard; sideboard; sideboard; skateboard; springboard; surfboard; trencher; wake board, wakeboard; workboard, work-board
  3. board, plank - a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
    --3 is a kind of lumber, timber
    --3 has parts: knot; knothole
    --3 has particulars:
     matchboard; skid; wale, strake; chipboard, hardboard; deal
  4. display panel, display board, board - a board on which information can be displayed to public view
    --4 is a kind of display
    --4 has particulars: big board
  5. board, gameboard - a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
    --5 is a kind of surface
    --5 has particulars:
     backgammon board; checkerboard; cribbage board; dartboard, dart board; go board; monopoly board; Ouija, Ouija board; pegboard; punchboard
  6. board, table - food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"
    --6 is a kind of fare
    --6 has particulars: training table
    Derived forms: verb board2, verb board3, verb board4
  7. control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel - electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"
    --7 is a kind of electrical device
    --7 has parts: idiot light
    --7 has particulars: dashboard
  8. circuit board, circuit card, board, card - a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
    --8 is a kind of printed circuit
    --8 has particulars: CPU board, mother board; PC board
  9. dining table, board - a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"
    --9 is a kind of table
    --9 has particulars: dinner table; high table; refectory table; triclinium
    Derived forms: verb board2, verb board3, verb board4
,Verb board has 4 senses
  1. board, get on - get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
    --1 is one way to enter, come in, get into, get in, go into, go in, move into
    Derived form: noun boarder2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. board, room - live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"
    --2 is one way to dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate
    Derived forms: noun board6, noun board9, noun boarder3
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  3. board - lodge and take meals (at)
    --3 is one way to     use, habituate
    Derived forms: noun board6, noun board9, noun boarder3, noun boarder1
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
  4. board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"
    --4 is one way to     provide, supply, ply, cater
    Derived forms: noun board6, noun board9
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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