Synonyms: board
Definition: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose
Usage: he nailed boards across the windows
Similar words: sheet, flat solid
Definition: a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
Definition: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games
Usage: he got out the board and set up the pieces
Similar words: surface
Definition: the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary
Usage: there is a special cleaner for these surfaces; the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface
Synonyms: plug-in, add-in, circuit board, circuit card, board, card
Definition: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Similar words: printed circuit
Definition: computer circuit consisting of an electronic sub-assembly; copper conductors are laminated on an insulating board or card and circuit components are inserted into holes and dip soldered
Synonyms: control board, control panel, panel, instrument panel, board
Definition: electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices
Usage: he checked the instrument panel; suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree
Similar words: electrical device
Definition: a device that produces or is powered by electricity
Synonyms: dining table, board
Definition: a table at which meals are served
Usage: he helped her clear the dining table; a feast was spread upon the board
Similar words: table
Definition: a piece of furniture with tableware for a meal laid out on it
Usage: I reserved a table at my favorite restaurant
Synonyms: display board, display panel, board
Definition: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view
Similar words: video display, display
Definition: an electronic device that represents information in visual form
Definition: food or meals in general
Usage: she sets a fine table; room and board
Similar words: fare
Definition: the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed
Synonyms: board
Definition: a committee having supervisory powers
Usage: the board has seven members
Similar words: commission, committee
Definition: a special group delegated to consider some matter
Usage: a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours - Milton Berle
Definition: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Definition: the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material
Synonyms: board
Definition: provide food and lodging (for)
Usage: The old lady is boarding three men
Similar words: cater, supply, provide, ply
Definition: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Usage: The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
Synonyms: board
Definition: lodge and take meals (at)
Definition: take or consume (regularly or habitually)
Usage: She uses drugs rarely
Definition: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
Similar words: move into, get in, get into, go in, go into, enter, come in
Definition: to come or go into
Usage: the boat entered an area of shallow marshes
Definition: live and take one's meals at or in
Usage: she rooms in an old boarding house
Similar words: dwell, live, inhabit, populate
Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
Usage: People lived in Africa millions of years ago; The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted; this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean; deer are populating the woods