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Rebound vs. Board — What's the Difference?

Rebound vs. Board — What's the Difference?

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Rebound

Bounce back through the air after hitting something hard
His shot hammered into the post and rebounded across the goal

Board

A long flat slab of sawed lumber; a plank.

Rebound

Recover in value, amount, or strength after a decrease or decline
The Share Index rebounded to show a twenty-point gain

Board

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

Rebound

(of an event or action) have an unexpected adverse consequence for (someone, especially the person responsible for it)
Nicholas's tricks are rebounding on him
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Board

A flat, rigid, often rectangular piece of material used as a surface upon which to work
A cutting board.
An ironing board.

Rebound

(in sporting contexts) a ball or shot that bounces back after striking a hard surface
He blasted the rebound into the net

Board

A blackboard.

Rebound

An increase in value, amount, or strength after a previous decline
They revealed a big rebound in profits for last year

Board

A bulletin board.

Rebound

To spring or bounce back after hitting or colliding with something.

Board

A scoreboard.

Rebound

To recover, as from depression or disappointment.

Board

A toteboard.

Rebound

To reecho; resound.

Board

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

Rebound

(Basketball) To retrieve and gain possession of the ball as it bounces off the backboard or rim after an unsuccessful shot.

Board

A diving board.

Rebound

To cause to rebound.

Board

A backboard.

Rebound

(Basketball) To gain possession of (the ball) off the backboard or rim.

Board

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

Rebound

Past tense and past participle of rebind.

Board

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

Rebound

To bind again, especially to put a new binding on (a book).

Board

An organized body of administrators or investigators
A board of trustees.
A board of directors.

Rebound

A springing or bounding back; a recoil.

Board

A table, especially one set for serving food.

Rebound

(Sports) A rebounding or caroming ball or hockey puck, especially coming off of a goalie who has blocked a shot.

Board

Food or meals considered as a whole
Board and lodging.

Rebound

(Basketball) The act or an instance of taking possession of a rebounding ball.

Board

(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.

Rebound

A quick recovery from or reaction to disappointment or depression
He is on the rebound following a tumultuous breakup.

Board

A theater stage.

Rebound

A book that has been rebound.

Board

(Basketball) A rebound.

Rebound

The recoil of an object bouncing off another.

Board

An electrical-equipment panel.

Rebound

A return to health or well-being; a recovery.
I am on the rebound.

Board

(Computers) A circuit board.

Rebound

An effort to recover from a setback.

Board

The side of a ship.

Rebound

(colloquial) The period of getting over a recently ended romantic relationship.

Board

A leeboard.

Rebound

(colloquial) A romantic partner with whom one begins a relationship (or the relationship one begins) for the sake of getting over a previous, recently ended romantic relationship.

Board

A centerboard.

Rebound

(sports) The strike of the ball after it has bounced off a defending player or the crossbar or goalpost.

Board

(Obsolete) A border or edge.

Rebound

(basketball) An instance of catching the ball after it has hit the rim or backboard without a basket being scored, generally credited to a particular player.

Board

To cover or close with boards
Board up a broken window.

Rebound

To bound or spring back from a force.

Board

To furnish with meals in return for pay.

Rebound

To give back an echo.

Board

To house where board is furnished
Board a horse at a stable.

Rebound

(figuratively) To jump up or get back up again.

Board

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

Rebound

(transitive) To send back; to reverberate.

Board

To allow (passengers) on board.

Rebound

Simple past tense and past participle of rebind

Board

(Nautical) To come alongside (a ship).

Rebound

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.
Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.

Board

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

Rebound

To give back an echo.

Board

(Obsolete) To approach.

Rebound

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

Board

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

Rebound

To recover, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Board

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

Rebound

To send back; to reverberate.
Silenus sung; the vales his voice rebound.

Board

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

Rebound

The act of rebounding; resilience.
Flew . . . back, as from a rock, with swift rebound.

Board

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

Rebound

Recovery, as from sickness, psychological shock, or disappointment.

Board

A flat surface with markings for playing a board game.
Each player starts the game with four counters on the board.

Rebound

A movement back from an impact

Board

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

Rebound

A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration;
He is still on the rebound from his wife's death

Board

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.
We have to wait to hear back from the board.

Rebound

The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot

Board

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

Rebound

Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Board

(nautical) The side of a ship.

Rebound

Return to a former condition;
The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
The stock market rallied

Board

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

Board

The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink.

Board

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

Board

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

Board

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

Board

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

Board

A rebound.

Board

(transitive) To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance.
It is time to board the aircraft.

Board

(transitive) To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money.
To board one's horse at a livery stable

Board

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

Board

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

Board

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

Board

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

Board

To cover with boards or boarding.
To board a house

Board

To hit (someone) with a wooden board.

Board

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

Board

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

Board

A table to put food upon.
Fruit of all kinds . . . She gathers, tribute large, and on the boardHeaps with unsparing hand.

Board

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.

Board

A table at which a council or court is held.
Both better acquainted with affairs than any other who sat then at that board.
We may judge from their letters to the board.

Board

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.

Board

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

Board

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

Board

The border or side of anything.

Board

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

Board

To go on board of, or enter, as a ship, whether in a hostile or a friendly way.
You board an enemy to capture her, and a stranger to receive news or make a communication.

Board

To enter, as a railway car.

Board

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

Board

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

Board

To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation; as, he boards at the hotel.
We are several of us, gentlemen and ladies, who board in the same house.

Board

To approach; to accost; to address; hence, to woo.
I will board her, though she chide as loudAs thunder when the clouds in autumn crack.

Board

A committee having supervisory powers;
The board has seven members

Board

A flat piece of material designed for a special purpose;
He nailed boards across the windows

Board

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

Board

A board on which information can be displayed to public view

Board

A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games;
He got out the board and set up the pieces

Board

Food or meals in general;
She sets a fine table
Room and board

Board

Electrical device consisting of an insulated panel containing switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices;
He checked the instrument panel
Suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree

Board

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

Board

A table at which meals are served;
He helped her clear the dining table
A feast was spread upon the board

Board

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

Board

Live and take one's meals at or in;
She rooms in an old boarding house

Board

Lodge and take meals (at)

Board

Provide food and lodging (for);
The old lady is boarding three men

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