Board
1Board — (b[=o]rd), n. [OE. bord, AS. bord board, shipboard; akin to bred plank, Icel. bor[eth] board, side of a ship, Goth. f[=o]tu baurd footstool, D. bord board, G. brett, bort. See def. 8. [root]92.] 1. A piece of timber sawed thin, and of… …
2board — n often cap 1 a: a group of individuals having managerial, supervisory, investigatory, or advisory powers over a public or private business, trust, or other organization or institution Board of Regents Board of Bar Overseers …
3Board — may refer to: *Board, a piece of lumber, or other rigid material made of wood, milled or sawn flat *Surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard (often made of fibreglass) *Board of directors or a similar governing or advisory committee *Mixing console,… …
4Board — 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. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. [Cf. {Board} to accost, and see {Board}, n.] To go on board of, or enter,… …
5Board — (von engl. board – Brett) steht für: Board Cards, die Gemeinschaftskarten in den Pokervarianten Texas Hold em und Omaha Hold em, die alle Spieler nutzen können Board of Directors, das Leitungs und Kontrollgremium eines Unternehmens im anglo… …
6Board — Board, v. t. [F. aborder. See {Abord}, v. t.] To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] I will board her, though she chide as loud As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak. [1913 Webster] …
7Board — (b[=o]rd), v. i. To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel. [1913 Webster] We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house. Spectator. [1913 Webster] …
8Board — 〈 [bɔ:(r)d] n.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 1. 〈umg.; kurz für〉 Skateboard, Surf , Snowboard 2. 〈Sport; Squash〉 Playboard, die Fehlerzone an der Frontwand; Syn. Tin 3. 〈Wirtsch.〉 Führungsgremium, Aufsichtsrat einer Firma od. eines Konzerns, der über die… …
9Board — [bɔ:d] das; s, s <aus engl. board »Brett; Tisch«>: 1. Kurzform für: Snowboard, Surfboard. 2. a) Behörde, Gericht, Ausschuss; b) (auch der) für die Leitung u. Kontrolle eines [internationalen] Unternehmens zuständiges Gremium (Wirtsch.) …
10Board — (engl., spr. Bohrd), 1) Tisch, Tafel daher Boardingshouse (spr. Bohrdingshaus), ein Speisehaus; 2) Collegium, Behörde, daher z. B B. of control (spr. B. of Kontrol), Behörde, welche 1784, beidervon Pitt durchgesetzten veränderten Verfassung der… …
