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4 a : a table spread with a meal

b : daily meals esp. when furnished for pay

5 : a table at which a council or magistrates sit

6 : a group or association of persons organized for a special responsibility (as the management of a business or institution); also : an organized commercial exchange

7 : a sheet of insulating material carrying circuit elements and inserted in an electronic device

2board verb 1 : to go or put aboard <~ a boat>

2 : to cover with boards

3 : to provide or be provided with meals and often lodging

Synonyms

accommodate, billet, bunk, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, put up, quarter

board·er noun : one that boards; especially : one that is provided with regular meals or regular meals and lodging

Synonyms

lodger, renter, roomer, tenant—more at TENANT

board·ing·house noun : a house at which persons are boarded

board·walk noun : a promenade (as of planking) along a beach

1boast verb 1 : to praise oneself

2 : to mention or assert with excessive pride

3 : to prize as a possession; also : HAVE

— boast·ful adjective

— boast·ful·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1, 2] brag, crow, plume, swagger; also puff (up)

2boast noun 1 : the act or an instance of boasting

2 : a cause for pride

Synonyms

credit, glory, honor, jewel, pride, treasure—more at GLORY

boat noun : a small vessel for travel on water; also : SHIP

Synonyms

bottom, craft, ship, vessel; also canoe, catamaran, catboat, cockleshell, coracle, dinghy, dory, dugout, flatboat, float, gondola, houseboat, ironclad, kayak, launch, longboat, motorboat, outrigger, pontoon, punt, raft, rowboat, sail, sampan, scow, scull, shallop, shell, sloop, tender, umiak

boat·er noun 1 : one that travels in a boat

2 : a stiff straw hat

boat·man noun : a man who operates, works on, or deals in boats

boat people noun plural : refugees fleeing by boat

boat·swain noun : a subordinate officer of a ship in charge of the hull and related equipment

1bob verb bobbed; bob·bing 1 : to move up and down jerkily or repeatedly

2 : to emerge, arise, or appear suddenly or unexpectedly

Synonyms

bobble, jog, jounce, nod, pump, seesaw—more at NOD

2bob noun : a bobbing movement

3bob noun 1 : a knob, knot, twist, or curl esp. of ribbons, yarn, or hair

2 : a short haircut of a woman or child

3 : FLOAT 2

4 : a weight hanging from a line

4bob verb bobbed; bob·bing : to cut hair in a bob

5bob noun, plural bob slang British

: SHILLING

bob·bin noun : a cylinder or spindle for holding or dispensing thread (as in a sewing machine)

bob·ble verb bob·bled; bob·bling 1 : to move up and down in a short quick movement

2 : to make awkward attempts to do or find something; also : FUMBLE

— bobble noun

Synonyms

[1] bob, jog, jounce, nod, pump, seesaw—more at NOD

[2] botch, bungle, butcher, flub, foul up, fumble, mangle, mess, muff, murder—more at BOTCH

bob·by noun, plural bobbies [ORIGIN: Bobby, nickname for Sir Robert Peel, who organized the London police force]

British

: a police officer

bobby pin noun : a flat wire hairpin with prongs that press close together

bob·cat noun : a small usu. rusty-colored No. American lynx

bob·o·link noun : an American migratory songbird related to the meadowlarks

bob·sled noun 1 : a short sled usu. used as one of a joined pair

2 : a racing sled with two pairs of runners, a steering wheel, and a hand brake

— bobsled verb

bob·white noun : any of a genus of quail; especially : a popular game bird of eastern and central No. America

boc·cie or boc·ci or boc·ce noun : Italian lawn bowling played on a long narrow court

bock noun : a strong dark beer usu. sold in early spring

bod noun : BODY

1bode verb bod·ed; bod·ing : to indicate by signs : PRESAGE

Synonyms

augur, promise; also forecast, foretell, predict, presage, prognosticate, prophesy

2bode past of BIDE

bo·de·ga noun [ORIGIN: Sp, fr. L apotheca storehouse]

: a store specializing