board

/bɔːd//bɔːɹd/

noun

1
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
2
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
3
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”
4
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
5
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
“We have to wait to hear back from the board.”
6
Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
“Room and board”
7
The side of a ship.
8
The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
9
The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
10
A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
11
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
“to bind a book in boards”
12
A level or stage having a particular layout.
13
A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.

1
To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
“It is time to board the aircraft.”
2
To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
“to board one's horse at a livery stable”
3
To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
4
To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
5
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
6
To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
7
To cover with boards or boarding.
“to board a house”
8
To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
9
To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.