Gameboard
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A portable surface on which a game is played, and which is marked for play of that game.
Board
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A relatively long, wide and thin piece of sawn wood or similar material, usually intended for use in construction.A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, etc.A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.The side of a ship.The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windwardA rebound.The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink, often in plural.A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding partyTo obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensationTo approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.
Example sentence: An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.