board

Definition

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Etymology

A wooden board Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English bord, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board; plank; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerdʰ- (“to cut”). The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table."

Example Sentences

• "Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines."
• "Each player starts the game with four counters on the board."
• "We have to wait to hear back from the board."

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