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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

  • preboarding adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding1

First recorded in 1525–35; board + -ing 1
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Ms Chauhan says she arrived at the airport at 12:20 PM local time, 10 minutes after boarding was due to commence.

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The case centres on the question of parental responsibility, and whether the parents acted unlawfully by sending their son to boarding school without his consent.

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Indian media also said he shared his boarding pass which showed his name and seat number.

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In the older settler colonial countries, the days of Trails of Tears, imprisonment on reservations, the forced removal of children to boarding schools and wars of extermination are mostly in the past.

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At police headquarters, where city workers were spotted boarding up the ground-level windows, a row of officers in riot gear began assembling outside.

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