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  • 41board — boardable, adj. boardlike, adj. /bawrd, bohrd/, n. 1. a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 2. a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. 3. a sheet… …

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  • 42Board wargame — A board wargame is a wargame with a set playing surface or board, as opposed to being played on a computer, or in a more free form playing area as in miniatures games. This type of game got its start in 1954 with the publication of Tactics , and… …

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  • 43board — I. noun Etymology: Middle English bord piece of sawed lumber, border, ship s side, from Old English; akin to Old High German bort ship s side Date: before 12th century 1. obsolete border, edge 2. the side of a ship 3. a. a piece of sawed lumber… …

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  • 44board — {{11}}board (n.1) O.E. bord a plank, flat surface, from P.Gmc. *burdam (Cf. O.N. borð plank, Du. bord board, Goth. fotu baurd foot stool, Ger. Brett plank ), from PIE *bhrdh board, from root …

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  • 45board — /bɔd / (say bawd) noun 1. a piece of timber sawn thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 2. (plural) Theatre the stage. 3. a. Also, shearing board. in a shearing shed, the clear part of the floor on which the… …

  • 46Board (bridge) — In duplicate bridge, a board is a device used to pass a pre dealt bridge hand from table to table, keeping the cards belonging to each of the four players separate. More generally, the term board refers to one deal or hand of play. In online… …

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  • 47board — noun 1》 a long, thin, flat piece of wood used for floors or other building purposes.     ↘(the boards) informal the stage of a theatre. 2》 a thin, flat rectangular piece of stiff material, e.g. a chopping board or noticeboard.     ↘the piece of… …

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  • 48board — [OE] Old English bord had a wide range of meanings, whose two main strands (‘plank’ and ‘border, side of a ship’) reveal that it came from two distinct sources: Germanic *bortham and *borthaz respectively (despite their similarity, they have not… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49board — [OE] Old English bord had a wide range of meanings, whose two main strands (‘plank’ and ‘border, side of a ship’) reveal that it came from two distinct sources: Germanic *bortham and *borthaz respectively (despite their similarity, they have not… …

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  • 50board on board — phrasal or board and board or board by board archaic, of ships : side by side : close beside each other …

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