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boarded up

boarded up is the simple past and past participle of board up.

Meaning of board up

Verb

board up (third-person singular simple present boards up, present participle boarding up, simple past and past participle boarded up)

  1. (transitive) To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
    • The metals from Upnor to the boarded-up Tankfield signal box (by a gateless level crossing) were very rarely used.1941 May, J. Ronald Hayton, “The Chattenden & Upnor Narrow-Gauge Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 208

Questions about boarded up

What is boarded up the simple past and past participle of?
Boarded up is the simple past and past participle of board up.

Words near boarded up in the dictionary

  1. boardable
  2. boardcard
  3. boardcards
  4. boarded
  5. boarded out
  6. boarded up
  7. boarden
  8. boarder
  9. boarder babies
  10. boarder baby
  11. boarder cross

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