boarding

[ bawr-ding, bohr- ]

noun

1. wooden boards collectively.
2. a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.
3. the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like:

   an uneventful boarding.

boarding

/ ˈbɔːdɪŋ /

noun

1. a structure of boards, such as a floor or fence
2. timber boards collectively
3. 1. the act of embarking on an aircraft, train, ship, etc
   2. ( as modifier )

      a boarding pass

4. a process used in tanning to accentuate the natural grain of hides, in which the surface of a softened leather is lightly creased by folding grain to grain and the fold is worked to and fro across the leather

Other Words From

• pre·boarding adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding¹

First recorded in 1525–35; board + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The Harvard team declined to comment on whether it thought domestic travelers should be tested before boarding flights.

From Washington Post

Airlines will deny boarding to those who don’t have proof of a negative test.

From Popular-Science

In 2020, it became commonplace to be in almost constant conversation about the pros and cons of boarding up street level properties in response to, or anticipation of, a disruptive and potentially violent event.

From Washington Blade

Conductors can scan boarding e-tickets shown from the Amtrak app.

From Washington Post

Preventing bad debtors from boarding trains is one common discipline.

From Fortune

Saa is now navigating a new life in America as an incognito boarding school student.

From The Daily Beast

He squints slightly, has a squared jaw, and speaks in British-accented English, the product of a boarding school education.

From The Daily Beast

Like Donal, he requested to go to boarding school to escape his homelife; also like Donal, he was initially miserable there.

From The Daily Beast

Tickets will be free, but anyone who has ever denied anthropogenic climate change will be automatically denied a boarding pass.

From The Daily Beast

First: Was he contagious when boarding the plane and are his plane-mates therefore at risk?

From The Daily Beast

It was more like the boarding of a ship than any land fight I had ever seen or imagined.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Collingwood, taking the key from his mother, locked the little door in the boarding, after them.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet the word is general and apparently unconnected with the house, as it was not a stable but a boarding-house.

From Project Gutenberg

Mrs. Barford, as a country heiress, had received a boarding-school education, and was very superior to Letty in every respect.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately after their arrival, he and his brother Nicholas were sent to a boarding-school.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• catch
• climb on
• enter
• get on
• hop on