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How to use board in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Board means a relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. Example: “Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”

Examples of board by meaning

nounA flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

  • Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.

nounA committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

  • We have to wait to hear back from the board.

nounRegular meals in a place of lodging; the price paid for them.

  • board and lodging
  • room and board

nounA long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

  • "A man," added Cripps, pointing at the MacQuibble, who took no manner of notice, but smoked impassively, "who comes to my hospitable board meanly disguised as an artist, and filches the table wine."1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 17
  • “Take your seat at my board, and let me drink to your health.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 26
  • Túrin took a seat without heed, for he was wayworn, and filled with thought; and by ill-luck he set himself at a board among the elders of the realm, and in that place where Saeros was accustomed to sit.2007, J. R. R. Tolkien edited by Christopher Tolkien, The Children of Húrin

nounPaper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

  • to bind a book in boards

nounA level or stage having a particular two-dimensional layout.

  • You are able to then change a color candy with any candy around the board, similar to the way you are able to with color bomb candies.2015, Hiddenstuff Entertainment, Candy Crush Soda Saga Game Guide, page 23

verbTo step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

  • It is time to board the aircraft.
  • After reaching the heart of Nan-t'ou' city, the county’s center of government and also home to Taiwan’s provincial government, one can board a bus to ascend the mountains that dominate much of the central and eastern landscape of the island.1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page ix
  • I have just enough time for a "swifty" in the reopened (but on this day just about to close) '301' bar on Platform 4 before boarding a two-car Northern Class 158 working the 1824 to Leeds.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57

verbTo provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

  • to board one’s horse at a livery stable

More sentences with board

  • I'd like to see someone pie the chairman of the board.From the entry pie
  • I rolled the die and moved 2 spaces on the board.From the entry die
  • The local board sets local policy, subject to approval from the State Board.From the entry subject
  • Under the rules of order adopted by the board, the chair may neither make nor second motions.From the entry chair
  • She was the chairperson of the board and she presided over the meeting.From the entry chairperson
  • The board can't approve this project; there are too many ifs.From the entry if
  • I found a tack and pegged your picture to the bulletin board.From the entry peg
  • We bid our final adieus to our family, then boarded the ship, bound for America.From the entry adieu
  • She moved the queen closer to the centre of the board.From the entry move
  • Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.From the entry hero
  • A dab of chewing gum will fix your note to the bulletin board.From the entry fix
  • About 20 minutes into the flight, the pilot reported a fire on board.From the entry into
  • The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board.From the entry plot
  • The students fell momentarily silent while he finished writing on the board. Then, "Ribbit!"From the entry ribbit
  • I couldn't be bothered to carry the ironing board, so I left it behind.From the entry behind
  • Today I conquered my fear of flying by finally boarding a plane.From the entry conquer
  • The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.From the entry recommend
  • Don't pay attention to that guy, he's always trolling this board.From the entry troll
  • The numbers I got for that were all over the board.From the entry all over the board
  • Johnny Chan held jack-nine, and hit gin when a queen-ten-eight board was dealt out.From the entry gin
  • On board his boat were various firearms but not much food.From the entry on board
  • Without management on board, the project has little chance of success.From the entry on board
  • The board decided the removal of the branch manager was the best option after his misbehaviour.From the entry removal
  • Jane tendered her resignation to the board of directors, but they refused.From the entry resignation
  • I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact.From the entry get across
  • The various engineering teams' correspondence on circuit board design was an alphabet soup to outsiders.From the entry alphabet soup
  • Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the inning.From the entry dead bird

Meaning of board

  1. noun A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
  2. noun A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
  3. noun A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Full definition of board

Questions about board in a sentence

How do you use board in a sentence?
Board is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”
What is a short sentence with board?
“board and lodging”
What does board mean?
Board means a relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: board (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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