noun / verb

board

BORD/bɔːrd/

A flat, rigid piece of material used as a surface or covering.

The carpenter carries a flat wooden board away from the stack.

A carpenter carries a flat rigid plank of wood from a stack of similar cut pieces.

Etymology

A board was originally a flat piece of timber. Its use for tables, games, and public notices helped extend the word from the wooden material to a flat surface serving a particular purpose.

In context

HP Canada7:22

and for the teacher I would write specific code on the board.

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ABC Australia2:05

connect your board to the wave and to your body movements, it

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More examples

They boarded the broken window before the storm.
Several boards had warped in the damp shed.
She wrote the answer on the board.

Forms

board · boards · boarded · boarding

Similar words

plank: Usually a long, narrow board used in construction.
panel: Often a fitted flat section rather than a simple piece of wood.