ALL meanings of across the board
a·cross the board
A a - phrase across the board If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group. 3
- adverb across the board in a way that affects all levels or classes equally 3
- adjective across the board (of salary increases, taxation cuts, etc) affecting all levels or classes equally 3
- adjective across the board combining win, place, and show, as a bet 3
- adjective across the board including or affecting all classes or groups 3
- noun across the board see across-the-board 3
- adverb across the board globally, universally 1
- adjective across the board applying to all employees, members, groups, or categories; general: The across-the-board pay increase means a raise for all employees. 1
- adjective across the board (of a bet) covering all possibilities of winning on a given result, especially by placing a combination bet on one horse in a race for win, place, and show. 1
- noun across the board a piece of wood sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth compared with the thickness. 1
- noun across the board a flat slab of wood or other material for some specific purpose: a cutting board. 1
- noun across the board a sheet of wood, cardboard, paper, etc., with or without markings, for some special use, as a checkerboard or chessboard. 1
- noun across the board 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 across the board Bookbinding. stiff cardboard or other material covered with paper, cloth, or the like to form the covers for a book. 1
- noun across the board Building Trades. composition material made in large sheets, as plasterboard or corkboard. 1
- noun across the board a table, especially to serve food on. 1
- noun across the board daily meals, especially as provided for pay: twenty dollars a day for room and board. 1
- noun across the board an official group of persons who direct or supervise some activity: a board of directors. 1
- noun across the board Nautical. the side of a ship. one leg, or tack, of the course of a ship beating to windward. 1
- noun across the board Railroads. a fixed signal or permanent sign regulating traffic. 1
- noun across the board a flat surface, as a wall or an object of rectangular shape, on which something is posted, as notices or stock-market quotations: a bulletin board. 1
- noun across the board surfboard. 1
- noun across the board Computers. Also called card, circuit board. a piece of fiberglass or other material upon which chips can be mounted to perform specific functions. plugboard (def 2). 1
- noun across the board Electronics. circuit board (def 2). 1
- noun across the board a switchboard. 1
- noun across the board Australian. the area of a woolshed where shearing is done. a crew of shearers working in a particular woolshed. sheep about to be sheared. 1
- noun across the board Obsolete. the edge, border, or side of anything. 1
- verb with object across the board to cover or close with boards (often followed by up or over): to board up a house; to board over a well. 1
- verb with object across the board to furnish with meals, or with meals and lodging, especially for pay: They boarded him for $50 a week. 1
- verb with object across the board to go on board of or enter (a ship, train, etc.). 1
- verb with object across the board to allow on board: We will be boarding passengers in approximately ten minutes. 1
- verb with object across the board to come up alongside (a ship), as to attack or to go on board: The pirate ship boarded the clipper. 1
- verb with object across the board Obsolete. to approach; accost. 1
- verb without object across the board to take one's meals, or be supplied with food and lodging at a fixed price: Several of us board at the same rooming house. 1
- verb without object across the board Ice Hockey. to hit an opposing player with a board check. 1
- idioms across the board across the board, Racing. betting on a horse or dog to finish first, second, or third, so that any result where a selection wins, places, or shows enables the bettor to collect. applying to or affecting every person, class, group, etc. 1
- idioms across the board go by the board, to go over the ship's side. to be destroyed, neglected, or forgotten: All his devoted labor went by the board. 1
- idioms across the board on board, on or in a ship, plane, or other vehicle: There were several movie stars on board traveling incognito. Baseball. on base: There were two men on board as the next batter came up. present and functioning as a member of a team or organization. Also, aboard. 1
- idioms across the board on the boards, in the theatrical profession: The family has been on the boards since grandfather's time. 1
- idioms across the board tread the boards. tread (def 22). 1
- adjective across the board (Idiomatic) pertaining to all categories or things. 0
- adjective across the board a racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third. 0