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- [bawrd, bohrd]
- /bɔrd, boʊrd/
- /bɔːd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bawrd, bohrd]
- /bɔrd, boʊrd/
Definitions of boarded word
- noun boarded a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 1
- noun boarded a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. 1
- noun boarded a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard. 1
- noun boarded boards. Theater. the stage: The play will go on the boards next week. the wooden fence surrounding the playing area of an ice-hockey rink. a racing course made of wood, used especially in track meets held indoors: his first time running on boards. 1
- noun boarded Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book. 1
- noun boarded Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard. 1
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Origin of boarded
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English, Old English bord board, table, shield; cognate with Dutch boord board, bord plate, German Bort, Old Norse borth, Gothic -baurd
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Parts of speech for Boarded
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
boarded popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
boarded usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for boarded
adj boarded
- aboard — If you are aboard a ship or plane, you are on it or in it.
verb boarded
- domiciliated — to domicile.
- enplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of enplane.
Antonyms for boarded
verb boarded
- evicted — Simple past tense and past participle of evict.
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