board vs quarter

board

noun
  • The side of a ship. 

  • A rebound. 

  • The wall that surrounds an ice hockey rink. 

  • A container for holding pre-dealt cards that is used to allow multiple sets of players to play the same cards. 

  • Paper made thick and stiff like a board, for book covers, etc.; pasteboard. 

  • The distance a sailing vessel runs between tacks when working to windward. 

  • A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any material, usually wood or similar, often for use in construction or furniture-making. 

  • A device (e.g., switchboard) containing electrical switches and other controls and designed to control lights, sound, telephone connections, etc. 

  • A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors. 

  • Regular meals or the amount paid for them in a place of lodging. 

  • A level or stage having a particular layout. 

  • A flat surface with markings for playing a board game. 

verb
  • To step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance. 

  • To capture an enemy ship by going alongside and grappling her, then invading her with a boarding party 

  • To receive meals and lodging in exchange for money. 

  • To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation 

  • To cover with boards or boarding. 

  • To provide someone with meals and lodging, usually in exchange for money. 

  • Antonyms: alight, disembark 

  • To hit (someone) with a wooden board. 

  • To write something on a board, especially a blackboard or whiteboard. 

quarter

noun
  • The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern. 

  • A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night. 

  • One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff. 

  • A region or place. 

  • A quarter of an acre or 40 roods. 

  • Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part. 

  • A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season. 

  • A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc. 

  • A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests. 

  • Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed. 

  • A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams. 

  • A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada. 

  • Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass. 

  • A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side. 

  • A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard. 

  • A quarterfinal. 

  • A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location. 

  • A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour. 

  • The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin. 

  • One of four equal periods into which a game is divided. 

  • A fourth part of a hundredweight. 

adj
  • Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%). 

  • Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year. 

  • Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter. 

verb
  • To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment. 

  • To lodge; to have a temporary residence. 

  • To divide into quarters; to divide by four. 

  • To quartersaw. 

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