board
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
Other meanings
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
“Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "bord".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “board” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.