BOARD
What does "BOARD" mean?
A long flat piece of sawn timber, or a group of people who govern an organization.
Meanings
- A long, thin, flat piece of wood or other rigid material. He nailed the loose board back onto the fence.
- A flat surface marked for a game, or for posting notices. She set up the chess pieces on the board.
- A committee of people who direct or govern an organization. The board voted to approve the merger.
- To get on a ship, train, aircraft, or other vehicle. Passengers may now board at gate twelve.
- Daily meals provided in return for payment or work, as in 'room and board'. The job included room and board on the ranch.
Did you know?
- A corporate 'board of directors' is literally named after the wooden table they once gathered around - the same Old English word 'bord' for a plank also gives us a ship's side and the word 'aboard'.
Word origin
From Old English 'bord', meaning a plank, table, or ship's side; the governance sense grew from the table around which a council gathered to deliberate.
Remember it
BOARD: you walk on a wooden board, sit at the board's table, then board the plane - same plank, three jobs.
A little poem
One plank from a tree -
now a deck, a desk, a vote;
the grain remembers.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told the board I was bored, and they took it as a motion to adjourn.
What it teaches
From a single plank we built tables, ships, and councils - simple things hold up the structures we mistake for grand.
Quick facts
What does BOARD mean?
A long flat piece of sawn timber, or a group of people who govern an organization.
Is BOARD a valid word?
Yes — BOARD is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is BOARD?
BOARD has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does BOARD come from?
From Old English 'bord', meaning a plank, table, or ship's side; the governance sense grew from the table around which a council gathered to deliberate.
What can BOARD teach us?
From a single plank we built tables, ships, and councils - simple things hold up the structures we mistake for grand.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.