Broad vs. Board — What's the Difference?

Wide in extent from side to side

A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.

Large in expanse; spacious

A long flat slab of another material, used as a structural member.

Having a certain width from side to side

A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work

Full; open

A blackboard.

Covering a wide scope; general

A bulletin board.

Liberal; tolerant

A scoreboard.

Relating to or covering the main facts or the essential points

A toteboard.

Plain and clear; obvious

A flat piece of material designed or equipped to be ridden as a sport, especially a snowboard, skateboard, or surfboard.

Vulgar; ribald

A diving board.

Strikingly regional or dialectal

A backboard.

(Linguistics) Pronounced with the tongue placed low and flat and with the oral cavity wide open, like the a in father.

A flat, rigid piece of material on which a game is played, such as a checkerboard or chessboard.

A wide flat part, as of one's hand.

A table at which official meetings are held; a council table.

Offensive Slang A woman or girl.

An organized body of administrators or investigators

Fully; completely.

A table, especially one set for serving food.

Wide in extent or scope.

Food or meals considered as a whole

Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

(Sports) The wooden structure enclosing an area for skating, such as the ice on which hockey is played, or enclosing a playing area, as for indoor soccer.

Having a large measure of any thing or quality; unlimited; unrestrained.

A theater stage.

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

(Basketball) A rebound.

Plain; evident.

An electrical-equipment panel.

General rather than specific.

(Computers) A circuit board.

(writing) Unsubtle; obvious.

The side of a ship.

Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

A leeboard.

(dated) Gross; coarse; indelicate.

A centerboard.

(of an accent) Strongly regional.

(Obsolete) A border or edge.

(Gaelic languages) Velarized, i.e. not palatalized.

To cover or close with boards

(UK) A shallow lake, one of a number of bodies of water in eastern Norfolk and Suffolk.

To furnish with meals in return for pay.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

To house where board is furnished

A British gold coin worth 20 shillings, issued by the Commonwealth of England in 1656.

To enter or go aboard (a vehicle or ship).

A kind of floodlight.

To allow (passengers) on board.

A playing card.

(Nautical) To come alongside (a ship).

(dated) A prostitute, a woman of loose morals.

(Sports) To force (an opposing hockey player) into the boards with a body check.

A woman or girl.

(Obsolete) To approach.

Wide; extend in breadth, or from side to side; - opposed to narrow; as, a broad street, a broad table; an inch broad.

To receive meals or food and lodging as a paying customer.

Extending far and wide; extensive; vast; as, the broad expanse of ocean.

(Sports) To use a snowboard, skateboard, surfboard, or similar item.

Extended, in the sense of diffused; open; clear; full.

A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making.

Fig.: Having a large measure of any thing or quality; not limited; not restrained; - applied to any subject, and retaining the literal idea more or less clearly, the precise meaning depending largely on the substantive.

A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc.

Comprehensive; liberal; enlarged.

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.

Plain; evident; as, a broad hint.

Short for blackboard, whiteboard, chessboard, surfboard, circuit board, message board (on the Internet), etc.

Free; unrestrained; unconfined.

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

Characterized by breadth. See Breadth.

(uncountable) Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging.

Cross; coarse; indelicate; as, a broad compliment; a broad joke; broad humor.

(nautical) The side of a ship.

Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent.

(nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward.

The broad part of anything; as, the broad of an oar.

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.

The spread of a river into a sheet of water; a flooded fen.

(archaic) A long, narrow table, like that used in a medieval dining hall.

A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard.

A woman, especially one who is sexually promiscuous; - usually considered offensive.

(video games) A level or stage having a particular layout.

Slang term for a woman;

A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. Board (duplicate bridge)

Having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other;

A rebound.

Broad in scope or content;

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.

Not detailed or specific;

(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.

Lacking subtlety; obvious;

(transitive) To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money.

Being at a peak or culminating point;

To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party

Very large in expanse or scope;

(intransitive) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation

(of speech) heavily and noticeably regional;

To approach (someone); to make advances to, accost.

Showing or characterized by broad-mindedness;

To cover with boards or boarding.

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

(transitive) To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard.

A piece of timber sawed thin, and of considerable length and breadth as compared with the thickness, - used for building, etc.

A table to put food upon.

Hence: What is served on a table as food; stated meals; provision; entertainment; - usually as furnished for pay; as, to work for one's board; the price of board.

A table at which a council or court is held.

A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board.

Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard; as, to bind a book in boards.

The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

The border or side of anything.

To cover with boards or boarding; as, to board a house.

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.

To enter, as a railway car.

To furnish with regular meals, or with meals and lodgings, for compensation; to supply with daily meals.

To place at board, for compensation; as, to board one's horse at a livery stable.

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.

A committee having supervisory powers;

A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;

A stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

A board on which information can be displayed to public view

A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;

Food or meals in general;

Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;

A printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

A table at which meals are served;

Get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.)

Live and take one's meals at or in;

Lodge and take meals (at)

Provide food and lodging (for);