• 		board 1 noun

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• board
• 1 [countable]

  information

  a flat wide piece of wood, plastic etc that you can use to show information
• on a board
• The plan of the new building is displayed on a board at the back of the room.
• I've put a list of names up on the board.
• I'll check the departure board for train times.
• ➔ billboard, blackboard, noticeboard, scoreboard
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  for putting things on

   [countable] a flat piece of wood, plastic, card etc that you use for a particular purpose such as cutting things on, or for playing indoor games:
• Martha was chopping vegetables on a wooden board.
• a chess board
• ➔ breadboard, cheeseboard, chopping board
• 3 also Board

  group of people

   [countable also + plural verb] British English a group of people in a company or other organization who make the rules and important decisions:
• a board meeting
• a board member
• board of
• The Board of Directors met yesterday.
• There was disagreement among the agency's board of governors.
• The decision was discussed and agreed at board level.
• sit on a board/have a seat on a board (=be a member of a board)
• He gave up his seat on the board after 40 years.
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  in names

   Board

  used in the name of some organizations:
• the New York State Board of Elections
• the British Boxing Board of Control
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  in building

   [countable] a long thin flat piece of wood used for making floors, walls, fences etc:
• We'll have to take the boards up to check the wiring.
• ➔ floorboard
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   on board

• a) on a ship, plane, or spacecraft [= aboard]:
• There are 12 children on board the ship.
• b) involved with something or working for an organization:
• Supporters of the treaty say that it will be necessary to have the United States on board.
• He came on board in the late Sixties and spent two decades with the agency.
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  meals

   [uncountable] the meals that are provided for you when you pay to stay somewhere:
• In the nursing home she will have to pay for room and board.
• The landlord provides board and lodging (=meals and a place to stay).
• ➔ full board, half board
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   go by the board

  if an idea, way of behaving, or plan goes by the board, it fails to happen, ends, or is no longer possible:
• Loyalty has gone by the board.
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  in water sports

   [countable] a surfboard or sailboard
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   across the board

  if something happens or is done across the board, it affects everyone in a particular group, place etc:
• The changes will affect local authorities across the board.
• We find jobs for people right across the board from chief executives to cleaners.
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   take something on board

  to listen to and accept a suggestion, idea etc:
• The school refused to take any of the parents' criticisms on board.
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  electricity

   [countable] a circuit board
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  theatre

   the boards

   [plural] the stage in a theatre

   ➔ tread the boards

   at tread1 (7)
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  sports area

   boards

   [plural] American English the low wooden wall around the area in which you play ice hockey
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   college/medical boards

  American English examinations that you take in the US when you formally ask to be accepted as a student at a college or medical school
• ➔ above board, diving board, drawing board, ironing board, sounding board

   ; ➔ sweep the board

   at sweep1 (11)
• Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 
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