What does boarding mean?
Definitions for boarding
board·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
boarding, embarkation, embarkmentnoun
the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
boardingnoun
a structure of boards
Wiktionary
boardingnoun
the act of people getting aboard a ship or aircraft; embarkation
boardingnoun
the act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship
boardingnoun
a structure made of boards
boardingnoun
riding a skateboard
boardingnoun
a penalty called for pushing into the boards
ChatGPT
boarding
Boarding, as a general term, refers to the act of getting on or entering a vehicle such as a ship, aircraft, train, or bus. It can also refer to the act of giving someone lodging or regular meals in exchange for payment, often in the context of a rooming or boarding house. In the context of education, particularly in the UK, it refers to the practice of students living on school grounds during the term time in a boarding school.
Webster Dictionary
Boarding
of Board
Boardingnoun
the act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose
Boardingnoun
the act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards
Boardingnoun
the act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
boarding
An assault made by one vessel on another, by entering her in battle with a detachment of armed men.
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Anagrams for boarding »
abording
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of boarding in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of boarding in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of boarding in a Sentence
We have not yet confirmed that she tried to enter the cockpit or, if she did, what her motivation for doing so was, the plane is on the ground and troopers are presently boarding it to take the passenger into custody and interview flight crew and witnesses.
Imagine raising an American royal in Britain, it's hard enough I think for a lot of Americans to come to London and get to grips with boarding schools and prep schools and little caps and little shorts and how we raise children in the UK.
I'll take that boarding pass out at the end of the year and see how well I've done, i feel 2014 has really set me up for another great year. I'm coming in with a nice little bit of momentum, and (my) game is feeling good.
Young people, just like you were sent to boarding schools designed to strip them of their language, culture and history and your religions and ceremonies were outlawed by so-called civilization regulations, regulations that literally made your cultures illegal.
Montu Kalra was a cargo employee. He had no reason to approach the passenger area. He had no reason to prevent the customer from boarding the bus. He had no reason to instruct the other colleagues.
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- الصعودArabic
- càrrega contra la tancaCatalan, Valencian
- EinschiffungGerman
- embarqueSpanish
- پانسیونPersian
- rullalautailu, laudoitus, laitataklaus, nouseminen, entrausFinnish
- embarquement, abordageFrench
- assalto, copertura, arrembaggio, imbarco, tavolato, abbordaggio, attraccaggio, assitoItalian
- 搭乗, 乗船Japanese
- boardingDutch
- embarquePortuguese
- îmbarcareRomanian
- обшивка, абордаж, посадкаRussian
- போர்டிங்Tamil
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