Meaning

noun a committee having supervisory powers

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

noun a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose

originA wooden board Board (duplicate bridge) From Middle English boord, boorde, bord, bourd, burd, from Old English bord, from Proto-West Germanic *bord, from Proto-Germanic *burdą (“board, plank; edge; table”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“tip, top”) + *-dʰeti or *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”) + *-dʰeti. The senses "food" and "council" are by metonymy from the sense "table." Cognates Cognate…

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