Bored vs. Board

Bored vs. Board — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Bored and Board

Boredverb

simple past tense and past participle of bore

Boardnoun

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Boredadjective

suffering from boredom; to have nothing to do

Boardnoun

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Boredadjective

uninterested, without attention

The piano teacher's bored look indicated he wasn't paying much attention to his pupil's lackluster rendition of Mozart's Requiem

Boardnoun

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.
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Boredadjective

perforated by a hole or holes (through bioerosion or other)

Boardnoun

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Boredadjective

tired of the world;

bored with lifestrolled through the museum with a bored air

Boardnoun

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

We have to wait to hear back from the board.

Boredadjective

uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence;

his blase indifferencea petulent blase airthe bored gaze of the successful film star

Boardnoun

(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

Room and board
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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.

to bind a book in boards

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.

It is time to board the aircraft.

Boardverb

(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

to board one's horse at a livery stable

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.

to board a house

Boardverb

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Boardverb

(transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

Boardnoun

a committee having supervisory powers;

the board has seven members

Boardnoun

a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;

he nailed boards across the windows

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;

he got out the board and set up the pieces

Boardnoun

food or meals in general;

she sets a fine tableroom and board

Boardnoun

electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

he checked the instrument panelsuddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

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;

he helped her clear the dining tablea feast was spread upon the board

Boardverb

get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Boardverb

live and take one's meals at or in;

she rooms in an old boarding house

Boardverb

lodge and take meals (at)

Boardverb

provide food and lodging (for);

The old lady is boarding three men