starboards

Noun (1)

starboard (countable and uncountable, plural starboards)

1. The righthand side of a ship, boat or aircraft when facing the front, or fore or bow. Used to unambiguously refer to directions according to the sides of the vessel, rather than those of a crew member or object.
   • I see another vessel off the starboard side.

   Synonyms:

   right

   Antonyms:

   port, backboard, larboard, leeboard, left

2. One of the two traditional watches aboard a ship standing a watch in two.

Noun (2)

starboard (plural starboards)

1. (social media) A list that shows messages starred in a community space.
   • The unlimited starring power is an arguably useful feature because it enables management of the starboard with notifications and the like, but I see nothing in the informal job description of a room owner that says they have any more right to spam the room than I do.2013 June 24, Lightness Races in Orbit, “Room owners should not be throttled in the Chat systems”, in Meta Stack Exchange, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2015, Questions
2. (figuratively, social media) A system that enables such a list.
   • In case you don't know what a starboard is, it's basically a system used on Discord that whenever you react with a star emoji, the message is showcased inside of a #starboard channel.2017 September 21, DimMagician, “I made a Starboard site!”, in Reddit, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2023, r/discordapp

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