How to pronounce board

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What board means

verb

Most people know board in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To get on a ship, train, bus or plane

In a sentence: The passengers waited in line to board the plane to Hawaii.

Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word for a plank, which was also used for the side of a ship. People went on board ships long before trains and planes.

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