Words that rhyme with draughtboard

n 1: a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor [syn: baseboard, mopboard, skirting board]

adv 1: on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle [syn: aboard, on board] 2: on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" [syn: aboard, on base] 3: side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: aboard, alongside] 4: part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"

n 1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: backboard, basketball backboard] 2: a board used to support the back of someone or something

n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding]

n 1: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]

n 1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" 2: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank] 3: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" 4: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] 5: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: display panel, display board, board] 6: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining table, board] 7: 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" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel] 8: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in] 9: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: board, gameboard] v 1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: board, get on] [ant: get off] 2: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room] 3: lodge and take meals (at) 4: provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

n 1: a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced [syn: breadboard, bread board]

n 1: an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles

adj 1: without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures" [syn: cardboard, unlifelike] n 1: a stiff moderately thick paper [syn: cardboard, composition board]

n 1: a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward [syn: centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel]

n 1: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]

n 1: a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors [syn: checkerboard, checker board]

n 1: tray on which cheeses are served [syn: cheeseboard, cheese tray]

n 1: a checkerboard used to play chess [syn: chessboard, chess board]

n 1: a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin [syn: chipboard, hardboard]

n 1: a straight line connecting two points on a curve 2: a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together v 1: play chords on (a string instrument) 2: bring into consonance, harmony, or accord while making music or singing [syn: harmonize, harmonise, chord]

n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below [syn: clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding] v 1: cover with clapboards

n 1: photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together

n 1: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers

n 1: a line made of twisted fibers or threads; "the bundle was tied with a cord" 2: a unit of amount of wood cut for burning; 128 cubic feet 3: a light insulated conductor for household use [syn: cord, electric cord] 4: a cut pile fabric with vertical ribs; usually made of cotton [syn: cord, corduroy] v 1: stack in cords; "cord firewood" 2: bind or tie with a cord

n 1: a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts [syn: dartboard, dart board]

n 1: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: splashboard, splasher, dashboard] 2: instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls [syn: dashboard, fascia]

n 1: a boardwalk laid across muddy ground

n 1: wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets [syn: fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board]

n 1: a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger [syn: fingerpost, fingerboard] 2: a bank of keys on a musical instrument [syn: piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier] 3: a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

n 1: a long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway [syn: fjord, fiord]

n 1: a board in the floor [syn: floorboard, floor board] 2: the floor of an automobile

adj 1: provided with a floor [ant: ceilinged]

n 1: a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet 2: a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead

n 1: United States film maker (1896-1973) [syn: Ford, John Ford] 2: grandson of Henry Ford (1917-1987) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford II] 3: son of Henry Ford (1893-1943) [syn: Ford, Edsel Bryant Ford] 4: English writer and editor (1873-1939) [syn: Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer] 5: 38th President of the United States; appointed vice president and succeeded Nixon when Nixon resigned (1913-) [syn: Ford, Gerald Ford, Gerald R. Ford, Gerald Rudolph Ford, President Ford] 6: United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) [syn: Ford, Henry Ford] 7: a shallow area in a stream that can be forded [syn: ford, crossing] 8: the act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse [syn: ford, fording] v 1: cross a river where it's shallow

n 1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake]

n 1: bottle made from the dried shell of a bottle gourd [syn: gourd, calabash] 2: any of numerous inedible fruits with hard rinds 3: any vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds [syn: gourd, gourd vine]

n 1: a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin [syn: chipboard, hardboard]

n 1: a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead

n 1: a secret store of valuables or money [syn: hoard, cache, stash] v 1: save up as for future use [syn: hoard, stash, cache, lay away, hive up, squirrel away] 2: get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" [syn: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard]

n 1: a vast multitude [syn: horde, host, legion] 2: a nomadic community 3: a moving crowd [syn: drove, horde, swarm]

adj 1: disregarded; "his cries were unheeded"; "Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, `A Village Wooing'"; "her ignored advice" [syn: ignored, neglected, unheeded]

adj 1: located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the inboard flaps on the wing" [ant: outboard]

n 1: device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like 2: holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

n 1: terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah] 2: a person who has general authority over others [syn: overlord, master, lord] 3: a titled peer of the realm [syn: Lord, noble, nobleman] [ant: Lady, noblewoman, peeress] v 1: make a lord of someone

n 1: a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)

n 1: stout pasteboard used to bind books

n 1: a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar [syn: mortarboard, hawk] 2: an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top

n 1: wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow [syn: moldboard, mouldboard]

adj 1: located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" [ant: inboard] n 1: a motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: outboard motorboat, outboard] 2: internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: outboard motor, outboard]

adv 1: to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws" 2: from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"

n 1: stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper

n 1: a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted

n 1: wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls [syn: plasterboard, gypsum board]

n 1: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events; "the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques" 2: sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove [syn: phonograph record, phonograph recording, record, disk, disc, platter] 3: the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had; "at 9-0 they have the best record in their league" 4: the sum of recognized accomplishments; "the lawyer has a good record"; "the track record shows that he will be a good president" [syn: record, track record] 5: a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; "Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'"; "his name is in all the record books" [syn: record, record book, book] 6: an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport); "he tied the Olympic record"; "coffee production last year broke all previous records"; "Chicago set the homicide record" 7: a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction; "they could find no record of the purchase" 8: a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted; "he ruled that the criminal record of the defendant could not be disclosed to the court"; "the prostitute had a record a mile long" [syn: criminal record, record] v 1: make a record of; set down in permanent form [syn: record, enter, put down] 2: register electronically; "They recorded her singing" [syn: record, tape] [ant: delete, erase] 3: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" [syn: read, register, show, record] 4: be aware of; "Did you register any change when I pressed the button?" [syn: record, register] 5: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record]

n 1: a recompense for worthy acts or retribution for wrongdoing; "the wages of sin is death"; "virtue is its own reward" [syn: wages, reward, payoff] 2: payment made in return for a service rendered 3: an act performed to strengthen approved behavior [syn: reward, reinforcement] 4: the offer of money for helping to find a criminal or for returning lost property 5: benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity" [syn: advantage, reward] [ant: penalty] v 1: bestow honor or rewards upon; "Today we honor our soldiers"; "The scout was rewarded for courageous action" [syn: honor, honour, reward] [ant: attaint, disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame] 2: strengthen and support with rewards; "Let's reinforce good behavior" [syn: reinforce, reward] 3: act or give recompense in recognition of someone's behavior or actions [syn: reward, repay, pay back]

n 1: a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)

n 1: the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort [syn: seaside, seaboard]

adj 1: casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship; "shipboard romances"

n 1: a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface [syn: shuffleboard, shovelboard]

n 1: a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity 2: a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib 3: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard]

n 1: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards" [syn: signboard, sign]

n 1: a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot v 1: ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley] 2: an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal

n 1: (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument [syn: sounding board, soundboard]

n 1: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard] 2: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: splashboard, splasher, dashboard]

n 1: a flexible board for jumping upward 2: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" [syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]

adj 1: located on the right side of a ship or aircraft n 1: the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [ant: larboard, port] v 1: turn to the right, of helms or rudders

n 1: a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp

n 1: a narrow buoyant board for riding surf v 1: ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" [syn: surfboard, surf]

n 1: telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords [syn: switchboard, patchboard, plugboard]

n 1: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard [syn: sword, blade, brand, steel]

n 1: a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading [syn: tailgate, tailboard]

n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end [syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]

n 1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" [syn: ward, hospital ward] 4: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth] 5: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward] 6: United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward] 7: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock, ward] v 1: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward]

n 1: device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on 2: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard]

n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below [syn: clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding] 2: the side toward the wind [syn: to windward, windward side, weatherboard, weather side]

n 1: a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes v 1: glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board; "The children love to snowboard in winter"

n 1: a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink [syn: drainboard, draining board]

n 1: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: gangplank, gangboard, gangway]

adj 1: located on the left side of a ship or aircraft [syn: port, larboard] n 1: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [syn: larboard, port] [ant: starboard]

n 1: a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward [syn: centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel]

n 1: a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel

n 1: a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface [syn: shuffleboard, shovelboard]

n 1: telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords [syn: switchboard, patchboard, plugboard]