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A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
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A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
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A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
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Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
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Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
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A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
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We have to wait to hear back from the board.
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Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
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Room and board
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The side of a ship.
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The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
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The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
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A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
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Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
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to bind a book in boards
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A level or stage having a particular layout.
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A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards.