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boarding

[ bawr-ding, bohr- ]

noun

  1. wooden boards collectively.
  2. a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.
  3. the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like:

    an uneventful boarding.



boarding

/ ˈɔːɪŋ /

noun

  1. a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence
  2. timber boards collectively
    1. the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a boarding pass

  3. a process used in tanning to accentuate the natural grain of hides, in which the surface of a softened leather is lightly creased by folding grain to grain and the fold is worked to and fro across the leather
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·DziԲ adjective noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding1

First recorded in 1525–35; board + -ing 1
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His trial heard he abused 24 boys as young as nine while a housemaster at a Cheshire boarding school and through involvement with scouts in the West Midlands between 1968 and 1995.

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Additional perks include roomier seats, early boarding and complimentary internet.

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Since the incident, Surf England has published more in-depth stand-up paddle boarding safety advice.

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So we fly to New York, get off that plane, take another puddle-jumper to Albany to take my son Aaron back to boarding school in Lake Placid, which is another two- or three-hour drive.

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The boarding school is located in his stronghold in the south-west and he sent three of his children there.

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