boards

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: bôdz, IPA^(key): /bɔːdz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) enPR: bôrdz, IPA^(key): /bɔːɹdz/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōrdz, IPA^(key): /bo(ː)ɹdz/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: bōədz, IPA^(key): /boədz/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dz

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

boards

1. plural of board

boards pl (plural only)

1. (informal, with "the") A stage (as in a theater).
   • 1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links:

     I’m an actress. No—not the kind you’re thinking of, lunching at the Savoy covered with jewellery, and with their photograph in every paper saying how much they love Madame So and So’s face cream. I’ve been on the boards since I was a kid of six—tumbling.

2. Structure around a rink for ice hockey.
3. (publishing, informal) A hardcover binding on a book.

   His new novel just came out in boards. The paperback will follow in about a year.

From College Board tests.

boards pl (plural only)

1. Examinations given for entry to college or to qualify for a profession.

boards

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of board

• Bordas, bardos, adorbs, adsorb, Brodas, Bardos, Broads, broads, dorabs, abords, B roads, dobras