Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink.
- noun the stage.
- noun board examinations (in a profession, as in medicine); -- an informal contraction.
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- noun
Examinations given for entry tocollege or to qualify for aprofession . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
board . - noun Plural form of
board . - noun informal, plurale tantum, with "the" A
stage (as in atheater ). - noun Structure around a
rink forice hockey . - noun publishing, informal A
hardcover binding on a book.
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- noun the stage of a theater
- noun the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Cutting in boards_, cutting the edges of a book after the boards are laced on.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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_Cutting boards_, wedge-shaped boards somewhat like backing boards, but with the top edge square; used in cutting the edge of a book and in edge-gilding.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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He taught us all kinds of funny sayings, like “When in doubt, get out!” that we wrote in huge black letters on his tag boards of wisdom.
Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008
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He taught us all kinds of funny sayings, like “When in doubt, get out!” that we wrote in huge black letters on his tag boards of wisdom.
Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008
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He taught us all kinds of funny sayings, like “When in doubt, get out!” that we wrote in huge black letters on his tag boards of wisdom.
Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008
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He taught us all kinds of funny sayings, like “When in doubt, get out!” that we wrote in huge black letters on his tag boards of wisdom.
Becoming the Natural Randy Couture with Loretta Hunt 2008
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CAUTION: Time spent surfing writing bulletin boards, is not time spent writing!
Writing Resources zornhau 2004
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You will think me very discouraging, but I cannot help it, and I am also afraid that putting plays experimentally on the boards is a very costly entertainment.
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Some form of this statement appears seemingly everywhere from cheesy church bulletin boards to a great Elvis Costello song.
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I spend a lot of time reading bulletin boards and utility poles.
Miss Behavior. 2009
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Then you screw in the tapered dowel legs and add four fabric-covered sheets of wood (bunkie boards), which provide support for the mattress.
reesetee commented on the word boards
In bookbinding, the stiff card stock used for the front and back of a book.
February 22, 2007