BOARDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boards mean? 

• BOARDS (noun)
  The noun BOARDS has 2 senses:

1. (used in the plural) the stage of a theater

2. (used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink

  Familiarity information: BOARDS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOARDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used in the plural) the stage of a theater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

most actors love to stride the boards

Hypernyms ("boards" is a kind of...):

theater stage; theatre stage (a stage in a theater on which actors can perform)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("boards" is a kind of...):

boarding (a structure of boards)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Holonyms ("boards" is a part of...):

ice-hockey rink; ice hockey rink (an ice rink for playing ice hockey)

 Context examples 

Issue associated with a failure of the internal network paths or electrical circuitry (i.e. electrical components, circuit boards, wiring).

(Circuit Failure Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

With these words the Witch fell down in a brown, melted, shapeless mass and began to spread over the clean boards of the kitchen floor.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

You might start to write a book or be studying for your law boards.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

No, Jim, I left the boards when—when I was weary of them.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Guidelines may be developed by government agencies at any level, institutions, professional societies, governing boards, or by convening expert panels.

(Guideline, NCI Thesaurus)

In this were the shaft of a pick broken in two and the boards of several packing-cases strewn around.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

The steersman smiled, and pointed with his foot to where a short heavy cross-bow quarrel stuck quivering in the boards.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the deal boards of the carpetless floor there was outlined a fresh track of blood.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the side next the boards.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I gave a last hurried glance around, I saw a thin line of yellow light between two of the boards, which broadened and broadened as a small panel was pushed backward.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)