noun / verb
board
Meals provided regularly for payment, often with lodging.
The college includes board in its housing fee.
Etymology
Old English bord named a plank or table. The table supplied the connection with meals, so board came to mean the food regularly provided at that table.
More examples
- He boarded with a family near the school.
- The inn provided room and board.
- They paid extra for full board during the visit.
Forms
board · boards · boarded · boarding
Similar words
- meals
- The plain term without a paid lodging arrangement.