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BOARDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft
Synonyms:
boarding; embarkation; embarkment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("boarding" is a kind of...):
departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A structure of boards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("boarding" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boarding"):
boards ((used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink)
flashboard; flashboarding (boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb board
