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boardings

boardings is the plural of boarding.

Meaning of boarding

Noun

boarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)

  1. The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.
    • Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24
  2. The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.
  3. A structure made of boards.
  4. (uncountable) The riding of a skateboard.
  5. A penalty called for pushing into the boards.

Questions about boardings

What is boardings the plural of?
Boardings is the plural of boarding.

Words near boardings in the dictionary

  1. boarding-school
  2. boardinghouse
  3. boardinghouse reach
  4. boardinghouse reaches
  5. boardinghouses
  6. boardings
  7. boardless
  8. boardlike
  9. boardman
  10. Boardmans
  11. boardmanship

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