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aboveboard

aboveboard is the alternative form of above-board.

Meaning of above-board

Adjective

above-board (not comparable)

  1. In open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.
    • fair and aboveboard

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Questions about aboveboard

What is aboveboard the alternative form of?
Aboveboard is the alternative form of above-board.

Words near aboveboard in the dictionary

  1. above-stairs
  2. above-the-fold
  3. above-the-neck rule
  4. above-water
  5. above-written
  6. aboveboard
  7. abovecited
  8. abovedeck
  9. abovedescribed
  10. aboveground
  11. abovelisted

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