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1aboard
adverb or adjective \ə-ˈbȯrd\
: on, onto, or within a train, a ship, an airplane, etc.
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a : on, onto, or within a vehicle (as a car or ship) b : in or into a group, association, or organization <her second promotion since coming aboard>
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baseball : on base
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First Known Use of ABOARD
14th century
Rhymes with ABOARD
accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, landlord, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard
2aboard
preposition
: on or into (a train, ship, etc.)
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First Known Use of ABOARD
15th century
ABOARD Defined for Kids
1aboard
adverb \ə-ˈbȯrd\
Definition of ABOARD for Kids
: on, onto, or within a ship, train, bus, or airplane <No one aboard was injured.>
2aboard
preposition
Definition of ABOARD for Kids
: on or into especially for passage <Go aboard ship.>
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