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boarding

noun · verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɔː.dɪŋ/ non-rhotic
  • /ˈbɔɹ.dɪŋ/ rhotic
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  • rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: B AO1 R D IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of people getting aboard a ship, aircraft, train, bus, etc.; embarkation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A structure made of boards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The riding of a skateboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A penalty called for pushing into the boards.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: hobbies, ice-hockey, lifestyle, skating, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of board

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: embarkation, embarkment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: departure, going, going away, leaving

8

noun

Meaning 8

a structure of boards

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, construction

Narrower terms: boards, flashboard, flashboarding

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, board + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

43 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: бординг (bording) — embarkation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登船 (dēngchuán) — embarkation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 乘船 (chéngchuán) — embarkation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上船 (shàngchuán) — embarkation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 登機 /登机 (dēngjī) — embarkation
  • Finnish: kyytiin nouseminen — embarkation
  • Finnish: koneeseen nouseminen — embarkation
  • French: embarquement — embarkation
  • German: Einschiffung — embarkation
  • Italian: imbarco — embarkation
  • Japanese: 乗船 (jōsen) — embarkation
  • Japanese: 搭乗 (tōjō) — embarkation
  • Macedonian: бординг (bording) — embarkation
  • Portuguese: embarque — embarkation
  • Romanian: îmbarcare — embarkation
  • Russian: поса́дка (posádka) — embarkation
  • Spanish: embarque — embarkation
  • Spanish: embarco — embarkation
  • Swedish: påstigning — embarkation
  • Swedish: ombordstigning — embarkation
  • Bulgarian: абордаж (abordaž) — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Crimean Tatar: abordaj — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Danish: entring — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Finnish: entraus — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • French: abordage — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Hebrew: הִסְתַּעֲרוּת עַל הַסִּפּוּן (hista'arut al hasipun) — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Hebrew: פְּשִׁיטָה עַל הַסִּפּוּן (pshita al hasipun) — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Italian: abbordaggio — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Italian: arrembaggio — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Italian: assalto — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Italian: attraccaggio — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Polish: abordaż — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Russian: аборда́ж (abordáž) — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Ottoman Turkish: رامپه (rampa) — act of attacking an enemy ship
  • Finnish: laudoitus — structure made of boards
  • Italian: tavolato — structure made of boards
  • Italian: copertura — structure made of boards
  • Italian: assito — structure made of boards
  • Russian: обши́вка (obšívka) — structure made of boards
  • Spanish: entablado — structure made of boards
  • Finnish: rullalautailu — riding a skateboard
  • Catalan: càrrega contra la tanca — ice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards
  • Finnish: laitataklaus — ice hockey: penalty called for pushing into the boards
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