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Flat surface
- LumberLumberLumber or timber is wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural material for construction, or wood pulp for paper production....
, or other rigid material, milled or sawn flat- See :Category:Engineered wood
- Cutting boardCutting boardA cutting board is a durable board on which to place material for cutting. Common is the kitchen cutting board used in preparing food; other types exist for cutting raw materials such as leather or plastic....
- Sounding boardSounding boardA sound board, or soundboard, is the surface of a string instrument that the strings vibrate against, usually via some sort of bridge. The resonant properties of the sound board and the interior of the instrument greatly increase loudness over the string alone.The sound board operates by the...
, of a musical instrument
- CardboardCardboardCorrugated fiberboard is a paper-based material consisting of a fluted corrugated sheet and one or two flat linerboards. It is widely used in the manufacture of corrugated boxes and shipping containers....
- PaperboardPaperboardPaperboard is a thick paper based material. While there is no rigid differentiation between paper and paperboard, paperboard is generally thicker than paper. According to ISO standards, paperboard is a paper with a basis weight above 224 g/m2, but there are exceptions. Paperboard can be single...
- Corrugated fiberboard
- FiberboardFiberboardFiberboard is known as low density fiberboard is a type of engineered wood product that is made out of wood fibers. Types of fiberboard include particle board, medium-density fiberboard, and hardboard. Fiberboard is sometimes used as a synonym for particle board, but particle board usually refers...
- Particle boardParticle boardParticle board, or particleboard , is an engineered wood product manufactured from wood particles, such as wood chips, sawmill shavings, or even saw dust, and a synthetic resin or other suitable binder, which is pressed and extruded...
, also known as chipboard - A reusable writing surface
- ChalkboardChalkboardA chalkboard or blackboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Chalkboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone...
- WhiteboardWhiteboardA whiteboard is a name for any glossy, usually white surface for nonpermanent markings. Whiteboards are analogous to chalkboards, allowing rapid marking and erasing of markings on their surface...
- Chalkboard
Recreation
- BoardsportBoardsportBoardsports are sports that are played with some sort of board as the primary equipment. These sports take place on a variety of terrain, from paved flat-ground and snow covered hills to water and air. Most boardsports are considered action sports or extreme sports, and thus often appeal to youth...
platform, such as a surfboard, skateboard, or snowboard - Board (bridge)Board (bridge)In duplicate bridge, a board is an item of equipment that holds one deal, or one deck of 52 cards distributed in four hands of 13 cards each. The design permits the entire deal of four hands to be passed, carried or stacked securely with the cards hidden from view...
, a device used in playing duplicate bridge - Level (video games)
- Diving board (disambiguation)
- Board gameBoard gameA board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
- ChessboardChessboardA chessboard is the type of checkerboard used in the board game chess, and consists of 64 squares arranged in two alternating colors...
- CheckerboardCheckerboardA checkerboard or chequerboard is a board of chequered pattern on which English draughts is played. It is an 8×8 board and the 64 squares are of alternating dark and light color, often red and black....
- Chessboard
Other
- Boards (magazine)Boards (magazine)Boards is a former international trade publication catering to the advertising community. Launched in August 1999, the magazine was published monthly until May 2010, when a corporate restructuring of its Canadian publisher, Brunico Communications Ltd., led to the brand's shelving...
, a 1999-2010 trade publication for the advertising community - Board of directorsBoard of directorsA board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
, or a similar governing or advisory committee - Printed circuit boardPrinted circuit boardA printed circuit board, or PCB, is used to mechanically support and electrically connect electronic components using conductive pathways, tracks or signal traces etched from copper sheets laminated onto a non-conductive substrate. It is also referred to as printed wiring board or etched wiring...
, in computing and electronics - Mixing consoleMixing consoleIn professional audio, a mixing console, or audio mixer, also called a sound board, mixing desk, or mixer is an electronic device for combining , routing, and changing the level, timbre and/or dynamics of audio signals. A mixer can mix analog or digital signals, depending on the type of mixer...
or sound board, for audio signals - Bulletin board (disambiguation)Bulletin board (disambiguation)A bulletin board is a place where people can leave public messagesBulletin board may also refer to:* bulletin board system, a computerised version of traditional bulletin boards** an Internet forum...
, where people can leave public messages - Currency boardCurrency boardA currency board is a monetary authority which is required to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency. This policy objective requires the conventional objectives of a central bank to be subordinated to the exchange rate target....
, monetary authority to maintain a fixed exchange rate with a foreign currency - Room and boardRoom and boardRoom and board describes a situation where, in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis...
– in exchange for money, labor or other considerations, a person is provided with a place to live as well as meals on a comprehensive basis - Board examinationBoard examinationIn India, board examinations refer to the pivotal examinations that occur at the end of the 9th to 10th grade education , or at the end of the 11th to 12th grade education...
– a part of education in some countries
See also
- Boarding (disambiguation)
- Board bookBoard bookA board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching or perfect binding, a...
, a book made more durable by the use of cardboard covers and thicker paper - Board certificationBoard certificationBoard certification is the process by which a physician , dentist , or podiatrist in the United States demonstrates through either written, practical, and/or simulator based testing, a mastery of the basic knowledge and skills that define an area of medical specialization...
, for medical professionals in the United States - Board footBoard footThe board-foot is a specialized unit of measure for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It is the volume of a one-foot length of a board one foot wide and one inch thick....
, measurement of lumber volume - Board toiletBoard toiletthumb|Bord toilet of an aircraft .Board toilets are built-in rooms in vehicles, equipped with a toilet, for the use of human defecation.The small rooms also often are equipped with at least a sink, liquid soap and paper towels for hand washing...
, toilet room built into a vehicle - Bored (disambiguation)Bored (disambiguation)Bored is the past tense of the verb to bore; meaning either to cause boredom, or to drill a hole or passage through something.Bored may also refer to:- Science :...