a piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, -- used for building, etc.-a table to put food upon.-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.-a table at which a council or court is held. hence:  a council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the board of admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc.-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.-paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.-the stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.-the border or side of anything.-the side of a ship.-the stretch which a ship makes in one tack.-to cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.-to go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.-to enter, as a railway car.-to furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.-to place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.-to obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.-to approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.