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board

n. a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces"

board

n. a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows"

board

n. a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members"

board

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

dining table

n. a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board"

table

n. food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board"

panel, instrument panel, control panel, display panel, control board

n. electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree"

card, printed circuit board, circuit board, circuit card, printed circuit

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

provide food and lodging

v. provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

lodge and take meals

v. lodge and take meals (at)

room

v. live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house"

get on, get on board of

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

bar, barroom, bar-room, saloon, ginmill, taproom, café

n. a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

cabinet

n. persons appointed by a head of state to head executive departments of government and act as official advisers

council

n. a body serving in an administrative capacity; "student council"

court

n. the sovereign and his advisers who are the governing power of a state

audience

n. a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"

bar, legal profession, legal community

n. the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey"

judicature, bench, judiciary

n. persons who administer justice

sitting, session, seance

n. a meeting of spiritualists; "the seance was held in the medium's parlor"

judicature, court, tribunal

n. an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

slat, spline

n. a thin strip (wood or metal)

panel

n. sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat) section or component of something

partition, divider

n. a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

insert, inset

n. an artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted

woodwork

n. work made of wood; especially moldings or stairways or furniture

victuals, commissariat, provisions, provender, viands, food supply, food stock, food supplies

n. a stock or supply of foods

provision, purvey

v. supply with provisions

feed, feed into

v. feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"

keep, sustain, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

lodge, accommodate

v. provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester"

bunk

v. provide with a bunk; "We bunked the children upstairs"

lam, run, bunk, break away, scarper, run away, turn tail

v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

keep, hold on to

v. retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married"

keep, look after, have charge of

v. look after; be the keeper of; have charge of; "He keeps the shop when I am gone"

keep, sustain, maintain

v. supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"

get off

v. leave a vehicle, aircraft, etc.

set down, disembark, debark, go ashore

v. go ashore; "The passengers disembarked at Southampton"

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