board /ˈbord, ˈbɔrd/
 委員會,理事會,董事會,委員會;司,局,廳;木板,黑板(v.)提供膳宿,搭夥;登上
 board /ˈbo(ə)rd, ˈbɔ(ə)rd/ 名詞
 板,部,委員會
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 Board n.
 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
 Note: ☞ When sawed thick, as over one and a half or two inches, it is usually called a plank.
 2. A table to put food upon.
 Note: ☞ The term board answers to the modern table, but it was often movable, and placed on trestles.
 Fruit of all kinds . . .
 She gathers, tribute large, and on the board
 Heaps with unsparing hand.   --Milton.
 3. Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
 4. A table at which a council or court is held. Hence:  A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
    Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board.   --Clarendon.
    We may judge from their letters to the board.   --Porteus.
 5. A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
 6. Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
 7. pl. The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
 8.  The border or side of anything. Naut. (a) The side of a ship. “Now board to board the rival vessels row.” --Dryden. See On board, below. (b) The stretch which a ship makes in one tack.
 Note: ☞ Board is much used adjectively or as the last part of a compound; as, fir board, clapboard, floor board, shipboard, sideboard, ironing board, chessboard, cardboard, pasteboard, seaboard; board measure.
 The American Board, a shortened form of “The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions” (the foreign missionary society of the American Congregational churches).
 Bed and board. See under Bed.
 Board and board Naut., side by side.
 Board of control, six privy councilors formerly appointed to superintend the affairs of the British East Indies. --Stormonth.
 Board rule, a figured scale for finding without calculation the number of square feet in a board. --Haldeman.
 Board of trade, in England, a committee of the privy council appointed to superintend matters relating to trade. In the United States, a body of men appointed for the advancement and protection of their business interests; a chamber of commerce.
 Board wages. (a) Food and lodging supplied as compensation for services; as, to work hard, and get only board wages. (b) Money wages which are barely sufficient to buy food and lodging. (c) A separate or special allowance of wages for the procurement of food, or food and lodging. --Dryden.
 By the board, over the board, or side. “The mast went by the board.” --Totten. Hence (Fig.), To go by the board, to suffer complete destruction or overthrow.
 To enter on the boards, to have one's name inscribed on a board or tablet in a college as a student. [Cambridge, England.] “Having been entered on the boards of Trinity college.” --Hallam.
 To make a good board Naut., to sail in a straight line when close-hauled; to lose little to leeward.
 To make short boards, to tack frequently.
 On board. (a) On shipboard; in a ship or a boat; on board of; as, I came on board early; to be on board ship. (b) In or into a railway car or train. [Colloq. U. S.]
 Returning board, a board empowered to canvass and make an official statement of the votes cast at an election. [U.S.]
 Board, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Boarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Boarding.]
 1. To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house. “The boarded hovel.”
 2.  To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
    You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.   --Totten.
 3. To enter, as a railway car. [Colloq. U. S.]
 4. To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
 5. To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
 Board v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
    We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house.   --Spectator.
 Board, v. t.  To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.]
 I will board her, though she chide as loud
 As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.   --Shak.
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 board
      n 1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven
           members"
      2: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he
         nailed boards across the windows"
      3: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of
         sizes and used for many purposes [syn: plank]
      4: a board on which information can be displayed to public view
         [syn: display panel, display board]
      5: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for
         board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"
         [syn: gameboard]
      6: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and
         board" [syn: table]
      7: 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"
         [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board,
          panel]
      8: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots
         in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
         [syn: circuit board, circuit card, card]
      9: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the
         dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining
         table]
      v 1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn:
            get on] [ant: get off]
      2: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old
         boarding house" [syn: room]
      3: lodge and take meals (at)
      4: provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding
         three men"