Board vs. Plank
Boardnoun
A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.
Boardnoun
A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.
Boardnoun
A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
Boardnoun
Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.
Boardnoun
A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
Boardnoun
(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.
Boardnoun
(nautical) The side of a ship.
Boardnoun
(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.
Boardnoun
(ice hockey) The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.
Boardnoun
(archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
Boardnoun
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.
Boardnoun
(video games) A level or stage having a particular layout.
Boardnoun
A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. Board (duplicate bridge)
Boardnoun
A rebound.
Boardverb
(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
Boardverb
(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
Boardverb
(transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.
Boardverb
To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party
Boardverb
(intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation
Boardverb
To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
Boardverb
To cover with boards or boarding.
Boardverb
To hit (someone) with a wooden board.
Boardverb
(transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.
Boardnoun
A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, - used for building, etc.
Boardnoun
A table to put food upon.
Boardnoun
Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; - usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.
Boardnoun
A table at which a council or court is held.
Boardnoun
A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.
Boardnoun
Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.
Boardnoun
The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.
Boardnoun
The border or side of anything.
Boardverb
To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.
Boardverb
To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
Boardverb
To enter, as a railway car.
Boardverb
To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.
Boardverb
To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.
Boardverb
To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
Boardverb
To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
Boardnoun
a committee having supervisory powers;
Boardnoun
a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;
Boardnoun
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Boardnoun
a board on which information can be displayed to public view
Boardnoun
a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;
Boardnoun
food or meals in general;
Boardnoun
electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;
Boardnoun
a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities
Boardnoun
a table at which meals are served;
Boardverb
get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)
Boardverb
live and take one's meals at or in;
Boardverb
lodge and take meals (at)
Boardverb
provide food and lodging (for);
Planknoun
A long, broad and thick piece of timber, as opposed to a board which is less thick.
Planknoun
A political issue that is of concern to a faction or a party of the people and the political position that is taken on that issue.
Planknoun
Physical exercise in which one holds a pushup position for a measured length of time.
Planknoun
A stupid person, idiot.
Planknoun
That which supports or upholds.
Plankverb
(transitive) To cover something with planking.
Plankverb
(transitive) To bake (fish, etc.) on a piece of cedar lumber.
Plankverb
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
Plankverb
(transitive) To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
Plankverb
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Plankverb
(intransitive) To pose for a photograph while lying rigid, face down, arms at side, in an unusual place.
Planknoun
A broad piece of sawed timber, differing from a board only in being thicker. See Board.
Planknoun
Fig.: That which supports or upholds, as a board does a swimmer.
Planknoun
One of the separate articles in a declaration of the principles of a party or cause; as, a plank in the national platform.
Plankverb
To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship.
Plankverb
To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash; as, to plank money in a wager.
Plankverb
To harden, as hat bodies, by felting.
Plankverb
To splice together the ends of slivers of wool, for subsequent drawing.
Planknoun
a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes
Planknoun
an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party
Plankverb
cover with planks;
Plankverb
set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise;
Plankverb
cook and serve on a plank;
