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boarding

  • noun
  • /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/

The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus etc.; embarkation.

Other meanings

  1. The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.

  2. A structure made of boards.

Related words

  • boarding card
  • boarding craft
  • boarding-house
  • e-boarding
  • volcano boarding
  • open boarding
  • boarding pass
  • antiboarding
  • boarding school
  • droneboarding
  • heliboarding
  • nonboarding

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This definition is adapted from “boarding” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.