Definition

• n. - A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.
• n. - A table to put food upon.
• n. - Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; -- usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
• n. - A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.
• n. - A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
• n. - Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.