board

board

See card, printed circuit board and BBS.

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board

1. the boards the acting profession; the stage

2. short for blackboard, chessboard, notice board, printed circuit board (see printed circuit), springboard, surfboard

3. Nautical

a. the side of a ship

b. the leg that a sailing vessel makes on a beat to windward

4. 

a. any of various portable surfaces specially designed for indoor games such as chess, backgammon, etc

b. (as modifier): board games

5. 

a. a set of hands in duplicate bridge

b. a wooden or metal board containing four slots, or often nowadays, a plastic wallet, in which the four hands are placed so that the deal may be replayed with identical hands

6. the hull of a sailboard, usually made of plastic, to which the mast is jointed and on which a windsurfer stands

7. sweep the board (in gambling) to win all the cards or money

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board [′bȯrd]

(materials)

A piece of lumber whose dimensions are less than 2 inches (5 centimeters) thick and between 4 and 12 inches (10 and 30 centimeters) wide.

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1.		board - In-context synonym for bboard; sometimes used even for Usenet newsgroups.
2.		board - An electronic circuit board.