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noun
- a structure of boards
- A structure made of boards.
- the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
- (uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
- The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
- The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
- (ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
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- Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
- (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
- (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
- the side toward the wind
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- (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- (countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- (countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- (sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
- (uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
- the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)
noun
- A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
- (collectible, card games) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
- (furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
- (fishing) A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
- a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
- a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
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- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- (film) A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
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verb
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- a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
- A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
- A wall made of this.
- A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
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- a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- (rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
- (nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
- A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- A grave marker made of wood.
noun
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
- a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
- A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
- An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
- A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
- A board serving as a step on a vehicle.
noun
- A type of fence consisting of panels or boards held between uprights that have grooves on either side to hold the edges of the two adjacent boards.
- A board sliding in grooves.
- A list of substitute workers that are available in a union-controlled business, listed in priority order and by the shift they would like to work.
- (UK, historical) A sign that slides into a frame on the front of a bus for displaying special messages.
noun
- (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- (fishing) Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
- A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- (cryptocurrencies) A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
- an accounting journal as a physical object
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
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- A perforated form of hardboard.
- A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
- A metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
- a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted
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- To cover with boards or boarding.
- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
- (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
- (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
- (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- live and take one's meals at or in
- lodge and take meals (at)
- provide food and lodging (for)
- get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
noun
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
- (uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
- (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
- (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- (nautical) The side of a ship.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- (basketball, informal) A rebound.
- (local government) A Philippine provincial or Uruguayan departmental assembly or council.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- food or meals in general
- a table at which meals are served
- a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- a committee having supervisory powers
noun
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
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- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
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- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
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- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
- a flexible board for jumping upward
- A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
- a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
- (figuratively) Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
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- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
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- a board used to support the back of someone or something
- a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
- (medicine) A spine board.
- A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc.
- (nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
- (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
- (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
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- (architecture) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
- The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
- Alternative form of tassell.
- A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
- A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
- A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
- (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
- adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
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- (construction, masonry, carpentry) Boards used as underlayment for tile, plaster, or other materials.
- (carpentry, woodworking) A sacrificial board placed behind or under a board being drilled or sawn, so as to prevent blowouts. (Usually scrap ends reused for such purpose.)
- Sheets of cardboard or similar material used to preserve or display books, magazines, art prints, etc.
noun
- An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
- a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
- A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
- (literally) One that joints.
- (woodworking) The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
- (construction) A pointing-trowel.
- A part of some ploughs, near the coulter, that helps control the flow of stubble and trash, better ensuring that it gets buried when the moldboard turns the soil over.
noun
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
- (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
noun
- (by extension) A board that controls the flow of any material.
- Any automated display that shows temporary information.
- (education) An acrylic board used to display children's work in a school.
- (US) A board placed temporarily upon a dam, river, stream, etc. (typically within a permanent frame) to raise the water above its usual level.
- (physics) A sheet of material that is subjected to an electric pulse or flashover in order to produce plasma.
- (historical) A device used in the 1920s for teaching typing skills which provided feedback on which key was pressed by lighting up the corresponding value.
- (education) A board for displaying language material in the classroom, used like a flashcard but potentially holding more information.
- An electronic display that shows the winning values in various gambling games such as keno or bingo.
- boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height
noun
- a structure of boards
- A structure made of boards.
- the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
- (uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
- The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
- The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
- (ice hockey) A penalty called for pushing into the boards.
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- Any of a series of horizontal boards used to cover the exterior of a timber-framed building; clapboard.
- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
- (nautical) A plank placed over an opening to keep out driven water.
- (nautical) The windward side of a vessel.
- the side toward the wind
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- A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something.
- (collectible, card games) A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck.
- (furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.
- (fishing) A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
- a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib
- a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity
- a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
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- a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below
- (uncountable) Such boards, arranged horizontally and overlapping with thick edge down, collectively, as siding.
- A narrow board, usually thicker at one edge than the other, used as siding for houses and similar structures of frame construction.
- (film) A clapperboard; a device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used to synchronize picture and sound at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production.
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- a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses
- A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.
- A wall made of this.
- A stone wall constructed without mortar or cement.
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- a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead
- (rail transport) A board on the front of a train, carrying the train's name or that of the service it is on.
- (nautical) A panel, usually of metal, attached to the head of a fore-and-aft sail for additional strength.
- A vertical panel, either plain or upholstered, attached to the head of a bed.
- A grave marker made of wood.
noun
- (carpentry) A board supporting steps
- (slang) Cannabis or marijuana.
- (figurative, in the plural) The conditions and limitations in a contract collectively.
- (oil industry) A column of drill pipe that transmits drilling fluid (using the mud pumps) and torque (using the kelly drive or top drive) to the drill bit.
- (countable) In various games and competitions, a certain number of turns at play, of rounds, etc.
- (collective) A drove of horses, or a group of racehorses kept by one owner or at one stable.
- A slightly elevated (long, thin) peat ridge in a bog.
- (countable, programming) An ordered sequence of text characters stored consecutively in memory and capable of being processed as a single entity.
- (botany) The tough fibrous substance that unites the valves of the pericarp of leguminous plants.
- (countable, uncountable) A long, thin and flexible structure made from threads twisted together.
- (architecture, masonry) A stringcourse.
- (music, metonymic, countable) A stringed instrument.
- (countable) The members of a sports team or squad regarded as most likely to achieve success. (Perhaps metaphorical as the "strings" that hold the squad together.) Often first string, second string etc.
- (countable) A series of items or events.
- A strip, as of leather, by which the covers of a book are held together.
- A thread or cord on which a number of objects or parts are strung or arranged in close and orderly succession; hence, a line or series of things arranged on a thread, or as if so arranged.
- (shipbuilding) An inside range of ceiling planks, corresponding to the sheer strake on the outside and bolted to it.
- (historical, billiards) The buttons strung on a wire by which the score is kept.
- (music) A segment of wire (typically made of plastic or metal) or other material used as vibrating element on a musical instrument.
- (music, usually in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.
- (billiards) Part of the game of billiards, where the order of the play is determined by testing who can get a ball closest to the bottom rail by shooting it onto the end rail.
- (mining) A small, filamentous ramification of a metallic vein.
- (billiards, by extension) The points made in a game of billiards.
- (sports) A length of nylon or other material on the head of a racquet.
- (billiards, pool) The line from behind and over which the cue ball must be played after being out of play, as by being pocketed or knocked off the table; also called the string line.
- (slang) Synonym of stable (“group of prostitutes managed by one pimp”).
- (countable) A cohesive substance taking the form of a string.
- (countable, physics) A tiny one-dimensional string-like entity, the main object of study in string theory, a branch of theoretical physics.
- a tough piece of fiber in vegetables, meat, or other food (especially the tough fibers connecting the two halves of a bean pod)
- a linear sequence (as of characters, words, proteins, etc.)
- (cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexible loop
- a tie consisting of a cord that goes through a seam around an opening
- a collection of things threaded on a single strand, or as if threaded on a single strand
- a necklace made by stringing objects together
- a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, as a part of an instrument or a tennis racket
- a lightweight cord
- stringed instruments that are played with a bow
- a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding
verb
- (intransitive, billiards) To drive the ball against the end of the table and back, in order to determine which player is to open the game.
- (transitive) To put strings on (something).
- (transitive) To put (items) on a string.
- (birdwatching) To deliberately state that a certain bird is present when it is not; to knowingly mislead other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity; to misidentify a common bird as a rare species.
- (intransitive) To form into a string or strings, as a substance which is stretched, or people who are moving along, etc.
- add as if on a string
- stretch out or arrange like a string
- provide with strings
- thread on or as if on a string
- string together; tie or fasten with a string
- remove the stringy parts of
- move or come along
noun
- a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead
- a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet
- A place to stand on a scooter or skateboard.
- An upright board across the foot of a bedstead.
- A board or small raised platform on which to support or rest the feet, such as that found in a carriage.
- A board serving as a step on a vehicle.
noun
- A type of fence consisting of panels or boards held between uprights that have grooves on either side to hold the edges of the two adjacent boards.
- A board sliding in grooves.
- A list of substitute workers that are available in a union-controlled business, listed in priority order and by the shift they would like to work.
- (UK, historical) A sign that slides into a frame on the front of a bus for displaying special messages.
noun
- (construction) A board attached to a wall to provide support for attaching other structural elements (such as deck joists or roof rafters) to a building.
- (accounting) A collection of accounting entries consisting of credits and debits.
- A book for keeping notes; a record book, a register.
- A large, flat stone, especially one laid over a tomb.
- (fishing) Ellipsis of ledger bait (“fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a pond, stream, etc.”) or ledger line (“fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; ligger”).
- A book or other scheme for keeping accounting records.
- (cryptocurrencies) A distributed ledger, a public financial transaction database, typically using a blockchain.
- an accounting journal as a physical object
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded
verb
noun
- A perforated form of hardboard.
- A board that has a pattern of holes into which pegs are fitted; used especially to record the score in some card games.
- A metal board attached to the base of a metal display unit (FSDU) from which shelves, hooks or bars are attached (when bars are attached, they subsequently have pegs clipped onto them)
- a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted
verb
noun
- (joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame.
- (masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone.
- (law) The whole jury.
- A soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent chafing.
- (medicine) A group of tests or assays, a battery.
- A portion of text or other material within a book, newspaper, web page, etc. set apart from the main body or separated by a border.
- A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
- (law) A document containing the names of persons summoned as jurors by the sheriff.
- A (usually) rectangular section of a surface, or of a covering or of a wall, fence etc.
- (dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt of a dress, for ornament.
- (mining) A heap of dressed ore.
- (architecture) A sunken compartment with raised margins, moulded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings, etc.
- (graphical user interface) A type of GUI widget, such as a control panel.
- (Scots law) A prisoner arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court.
- (masonry) A slab or plank of wood used instead of a canvas for painting on.
- (mining) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
- (British, historical) A list of doctors who could provide limited free healthcare prior to the introduction of the NHS.
- A group of people gathered to judge, interview, discuss etc. as on a television or radio broadcast for example.
- (comics) An individual frame or drawing in a comic.
- sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
- (computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with ‘okay’ or ‘cancel’
- a committee appointed to judge a competition
- a group of people gathered for a special purpose as to plan or discuss an issue or judge a contest etc
- a piece of cloth that is generally triangular or tapering; used in making garments or umbrellas or sails
- a soft pad placed under a saddle
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- (law) a group of people summoned for jury service (from whom a jury will be chosen)
verb
noun
- a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it
- the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
- panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
- (architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
- (architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
- (carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
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noun
- (architecture) The last board of a floor when laid down.
- (computing) One of several small, usually square buttons on a typewriter or computer keyboard, mostly corresponding to text characters.
- (historical) A manual electrical switching device primarily used for the transmission of Morse code.
- (cartomancy) The thirty-third card of the Lenormand deck.
- (architecture) A piece of wood used as a wedge.
- (figurative) The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.
- In musical theory and notation, the tonality centering in a given tone, or the several tones taken collectively, of a given scale, major or minor.
- In musical instruments, one of the valve levers used to select notes, such as a lever opening a hole on a woodwind.
- (biology) A series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.
- In instruments with a keyboard such as an organ or piano, one of the levers, or especially the exposed front end of it, which are depressed to cause a particular sound or note to be produced.
- (print and film) The black ink layer, especially in relation to the three color layers of cyan, magenta, and yellow. See also CMYK.
- (computer graphics, television) A color to be masked or made transparent.
- (Internet) A password restricting access to an IRC channel.
- A guide to the correct answers of a worksheet or test.
- (countable) An object designed to open and close a lock.
- (music) A scale or group of pitches constituting the basis of a musical composition.
- (slang) A kilogram, especially of a recreational drug.
- In musical theory, the total melodic and harmonic relations, which exist between the tones of an ideal scale, major or minor; tonality.
- A crucial step or requirement.
- (databases) In a relational database, a field used as an index into another table (not necessarily unique).
- (masonry) A keystone.
- In musical notation, a sign at the head of a staff indicating the musical key.
- That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.
- (basketball) The free-throw lane together with the circle surrounding the free-throw line, the free-throw lane having formerly been narrower, giving the area the shape of a skeleton key hole.
- (cryptography) A piece of information (e.g., a password or passphrase) used to encode or decode a message or messages.
- (computing) A value that uniquely identifies an entry in a container.
- Any of various tools comparable to a wrench (spanner) or driver, or, in some cases, also called a wrench or driver.
- An object designed to fit between two other objects (such as a shaft and a wheel) in a mechanism and maintain their relative orientation.
- Alternative form of quay.
- A small guide explaining symbols or terminology, especially the legend on a map or chart.
- The degree of roughness, or retention ability of a surface to have applied a liquid such as paint, or glue.
- (advertising) A modification of an advertisement so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- The lowest note of a scale; keynote.
- (rail transport) A wooden wedge, driven sideways between a bullhead rail and a cast-iron chair, to keep the rail securely in position.
- (Australian rules football) A key position player (a tall forward or defender).
- One of a string of small islands.
- (botany) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, such as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara.
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music
- something crucial for explaining
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed
- a list of answers to a test
- pitch of the voice
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
adj
verb
- To fit (pieces of a mechanical assembly) with a key to maintain the orientation between them.
- To provide an arch with a keystone.
- (advertising, transitive) To modify (an advertisement) so as to target a particular group or demographic.
- To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.
- To link (as one might do with a key or legend).
- To fit (a lock) with a key.
- (computing) (more usually to key in) To enter (information) by typing on a keyboard or keypad.
- To attune to; to set at; to pitch.
- (radio) To operate (the transmitter switch of a two-way radio).
- (telegraphy and radio telegraphy) To depress (a telegraph key).
- (intransitive, biology, chiefly taxonomy) To be identified as a certain taxon when using a key.
- To mark or indicate with a symbol indicating membership in a class.
- To prepare for plastering by adding the key (that part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place).
- (colloquial) To vandalize (a car, etc.) by scratching with an implement such as a key.
- Clipping of chromakey.
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example
- regulate the musical pitch of
- provide with a key
- harmonize with or adjust to
noun
- a flexible board for jumping upward
- A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics.
- a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
- (figuratively) Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth.
verb
noun
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
verb
noun
- a board used to support the back of someone or something
- a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
- (medicine) A spine board.
- A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc.
- (nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
- (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
- (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A piece of board that is laid upon a wall as a sort of plate, to give a level surface to the ends of floor timbers.
- The loose hairs at the end of a braid.
- Alternative form of tassell.
- A ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the ball is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end (often used as decoration along the bottom of garments, curtains or other hangings).
- A narrow silk ribbon, or similar, sewn to a book to be put between the pages.
- A thin plate of gold on the back of a bishop's gloves.
- (botany) The panicle on a male plant of maize, which consists of loose threads with anthers on them.
- A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
- adornment consisting of a bunch of cords fastened at one end
verb
noun
- (construction, masonry, carpentry) Boards used as underlayment for tile, plaster, or other materials.
- (carpentry, woodworking) A sacrificial board placed behind or under a board being drilled or sawn, so as to prevent blowouts. (Usually scrap ends reused for such purpose.)
- Sheets of cardboard or similar material used to preserve or display books, magazines, art prints, etc.
noun
- An equivalent machine, notably used to produce a flat surface on boards.
- a long carpenter's plane used to shape the edges of boards so they will fit together
- A bent piece of iron for riveting two stones together.
- (literally) One that joints.
- (woodworking) The largest kind of plane used by a joiner.
- (construction) A pointing-trowel.
- A part of some ploughs, near the coulter, that helps control the flow of stubble and trash, better ensuring that it gets buried when the moldboard turns the soil over.
noun
- The boards ending the hammock-nettings at either side of the entrance from the accommodation-ladder to the deck.
- (nautical) A board or plank used as a temporary footbridge between a ship and a dockside or any gap such as scaffolding.
- (nautical) A board or plank placed within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist for lookouts to walk or stand on.
- a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside
noun
- (by extension) A board that controls the flow of any material.
- Any automated display that shows temporary information.
- (education) An acrylic board used to display children's work in a school.
- (US) A board placed temporarily upon a dam, river, stream, etc. (typically within a permanent frame) to raise the water above its usual level.
- (physics) A sheet of material that is subjected to an electric pulse or flashover in order to produce plasma.
- (historical) A device used in the 1920s for teaching typing skills which provided feedback on which key was pressed by lighting up the corresponding value.
- (education) A board for displaying language material in the classroom, used like a flashcard but potentially holding more information.
- An electronic display that shows the winning values in various gambling games such as keno or bingo.
- boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height
verb
- To cover with boards or boarding.
- To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
- (intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
- (transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
- (transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
- (transitive, nautical) To (at least attempt to) capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party.
- (transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
- (transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
- live and take one's meals at or in
- lodge and take meals (at)
- provide food and lodging (for)
- get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
noun
- Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
- Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), bulletin board, etc.
- A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
- (uncountable) Regular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.
- (TCGs) The portion of the playing field where creatures or minions can be placed (or played, summoned, etc.).
- (video games) A level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.
- A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
- (nautical) The side of a ship.
- (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
- (bridge) A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.
- A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
- (ice hockey, often in the plural) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- (basketball, informal) A rebound.
- (local government) A Philippine provincial or Uruguayan departmental assembly or council.
- A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
- a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
- a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
- electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
- food or meals in general
- a table at which meals are served
- a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
- a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
- a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
- a committee having supervisory powers
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- (countable, forestry) The tree or tree species that yields the preceding.
- (countable) (in more general use) As the preceding, but limited to those that are commercial timbers, and are at least average in hardness.
- (countable, mostly in botany and forestry) The wood from any dicotyledonous tree, without regard to its hardness.
- (sports, slang) The sport of basketball, in particular, an indoor basketball court; so named because the floor of an indoor basketball court is normally made of hardwood.
- (uncountable) A joint term for the commercial timbers, without distinguishing which.
- the wood of broad-leaved dicotyledonous trees (as distinguished from the wood of conifers)