board

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbɔːrd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɔrd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bôrd, bōrd)

Collocations for "board"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "board" in context.

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board

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. the [governing, planning, school, hospital] board
  2. sits on the board of
  3. is a member on the board of
  4. was elected to the board
  5. was selected for the board
  6. was [approved, granted, hired] by the board
  7. sent to the board for [approval, consideration]
  8. the board has decided to
  9. [speak, present] (up) in front of the board
  10. the [chair, chairman] of the board
  11. the board of [trustees, directors, governors, education]
  12. a [wooden, 2 by 4] board
  13. saw the board in [half, two, pieces]
  14. [hammer, drill, cut] into the board
  15. [sanded, planed, measured] the board
  16. covered the [door, window, entrance] with boards
  17. [fried, overloaded] the [mother, circuit] board
  18. [use, unfold] the ironing board
  19. [is on, hit] the leader board
  20. set up the [chess, checkers, backgammon] board
  21. the surfer [fell, was knocked] off his board
  22. [put it up on, posted it to] the bulletin board
  23. saw (it) on the [bulletin, notice] board
  24. a [smart, digital, white] board
  25. the departure board
  26. the [train times, daily specials] were displayed on the board
  27. write the [answers, questions, numbers] on the board
  28. [trod, walked] the boards [on, off] Broadway
  29. stay [full, half] -board
  30. UK: offers bed and board
  31. [salaries, prices] were raised across the board
  32. a [vacancy, notice, bike for sale] on the board
n as adj
  1. is a board member
  2. is in a board meeting
  3. UK: a board rubber
  4. a board eraser
v
  1. board the [train, bus, ship, plane, aircraft]
  2. boarded [a, the] [train] to
  3. boarded [first, last, priority]
  4. boarded [late, on time]
  5. [about, preparing, ready] to board
  6. [where, when] do we board?
  7. [open, closed] for boarding
  8. boards [150 students, boys, girls]
  9. [students, they, the girls] board (at)
  10. boarded with a [local, host] family
  11. board your [dog, cat, pet]
  12. board your [dog] in [a kennel, a real home, the home of]
  13. boarded and [inspected, searched]
  14. [ship, yacht, vessel] was boarded by pirates
  15. boarded up the [windows, building]
  16. the [windows] had been boarded up
'board' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accept - acceptance - account - action - advise - advisory - agency - aircraft - airplane - appeal - approval - arrival - assignment - attendant - backing - basket - borough - boy - brawl - chair - chairman - chalk - city - clean - climb - clip - comment - commission - compensation - comprise - conclusion - consistent - consultant - cork - correction - counsel - counter - county - cutting - dart - departure - desire - determination - director - discussion - display - disregard - dissertation - dive - drawing

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