Clapboard rhymes with:

adv 1: on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle [syn: aboard, on board] 2: on first or second or third base; "Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard" [syn: aboard, on base] 3: side by side; "anchored close aboard another ship" [syn: aboard, alongside] 4: part of a group; "Bill's been aboard for three years now"

n 1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: backboard, basketball backboard] 2: a board used to support the back of someone or something

n 1: a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor [syn: baseboard, mopboard, skirting board]

n 1: large outdoor signboard [syn: billboard, hoarding]

n 1: warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings 2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl] 3: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] 4: a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt [syn: boo, hoot, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird] 5: badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers [syn: shuttlecock, bird, birdie, shuttle] v 1: watch and study birds in their natural habitat [syn: bird, birdwatch]

n 1: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]

n 1: a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" 2: a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes [syn: board, plank] 3: a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" 4: food or meals in general; "she sets a fine table"; "room and board" [syn: board, table] 5: a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view [syn: display panel, display board, board] 6: a table at which meals are served; "he helped her clear the dining table"; "a feast was spread upon the board" [syn: dining table, board] 7: electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices; "he checked the instrument panel"; "suddenly the board lit up like a Christmas tree" [syn: control panel, instrument panel, control board, board, panel] 8: a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities [syn: circuit board, circuit card, board, card, plug-in, add-in] 9: a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games; "he got out the board and set up the pieces" [syn: board, gameboard] v 1: get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) [syn: board, get on] [ant: get off] 2: live and take one's meals at or in; "she rooms in an old boarding house" [syn: board, room] 3: lodge and take meals (at) 4: provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"

n 1: a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family [syn: bombardon, bombard] v 1: cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile; "They pelted each other with snowballs" [syn: pelt, bombard] 2: throw bombs at or attack with bombs; "The Americans bombed Dresden" [syn: bombard, bomb] 3: address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage; "The speaker was barraged by an angry audience"; "The governor was bombarded with requests to grant a pardon to the convicted killer" [syn: bombard, barrage] 4: direct high energy particles or radiation against

adj 1: tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air" [syn: bored, world- weary] 2: uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" [syn: blase, bored]

n 1: a wooden or plastic board on which dough is kneaded or bread is sliced [syn: breadboard, bread board]

n 1: an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; has a seat attached to a flexible board between the two axles

adj 1: having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous whiskers" [syn: barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny]

adj 1: without substance; "cardboard caricatures of historical figures" [syn: cardboard, unlifelike] n 1: a stiff moderately thick paper [syn: cardboard, composition board]

n 1: a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward [syn: centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel]

n 1: sheet of slate; for writing with chalk [syn: blackboard, chalkboard]

n 1: a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors [syn: checkerboard, checker board]

n 1: tray on which cheeses are served [syn: cheeseboard, cheese tray]

n 1: a checkerboard used to play chess [syn: chessboard, chess board]

n 1: a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin [syn: chipboard, hardboard]

n 1: photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together

n 1: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers

n 1: a circular board of wood or cork used as the target in the game of darts [syn: dartboard, dart board]

n 1: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: splashboard, splasher, dashboard] 2: instrument panel on an automobile or airplane containing dials and controls [syn: dashboard, fascia]

n 1: a boardwalk laid across muddy ground

n 1: wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets [syn: fiberboard, fibreboard, particle board]

n 1: a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger [syn: fingerpost, fingerboard] 2: a bank of keys on a musical instrument [syn: piano keyboard, fingerboard, clavier] 3: a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers

n 1: a board in the floor [syn: floorboard, floor board] 2: the floor of an automobile

n 1: a narrow platform on which to stand or brace the feet 2: a vertical board or panel forming the foot of a bedstead

n 1: the first wale laid next to the keel of a wooden ship [syn: garboard, garboard plank, garboard strake]

adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold; "emaciated bony hands"; "a nightmare population of gaunt men and skeletal boys"; "eyes were haggard and cavernous"; "small pinched faces"; "kept life in his wasted frame only by grim concentration" [syn: bony, cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted] n 1: British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925) [syn: Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard]

n 1: a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin [syn: chipboard, hardboard]

n 1: a vertical board or panel forming the head of a bedstead

adj 1: located within the hull or nearest the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the inboard flaps on the wing" [ant: outboard]

n 1: device consisting of a set of keys on a piano or organ or typewriter or typesetting machine or computer or the like 2: holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung

adj 1: wasting time [syn: dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey] n 1: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke]

n 1: a board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor)

n 1: stout pasteboard used to bind books

n 1: a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar [syn: mortarboard, hawk] 2: an academic cap with a flat square with a tassel on top

n 1: wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow [syn: moldboard, mouldboard]

adj 1: located away from the midline of a vessel or aircraft; "the outboard section of a wing"; "outboard rigging" [ant: inboard] n 1: a motorboat with an outboard motor [syn: outboard motorboat, outboard] 2: internal-combustion engine that mounts at stern of small boat [syn: outboard motor, outboard]

adv 1: to extremes; "he went overboard to please his in-laws" 2: from on board a vessel into the water; "they dropped their garbage overboard"

n 1: stiff cardboard made by pasting together layers of paper

n 1: a board perforated with regularly spaced holes into which pegs can be fitted

n 1: wallboard with a gypsum plaster core bonded to layers of paper or fiberboard; used instead of plaster or wallboard to make interior walls [syn: plasterboard, gypsum board]

n 1: a sheath for a sword or dagger or bayonet

n 1: a large board for displaying the score of a contest (and some other information)

n 1: the shore of a sea or ocean regarded as a resort [syn: seaside, seaboard]

adj 1: casual or ephemeral as if taking place on board a ship; "shipboard romances"

n 1: a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface [syn: shuffleboard, shovelboard]

n 1: a removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity 2: a board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib 3: a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers [syn: buffet, counter, sideboard]

n 1: structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted; "the highway was lined with signboards" [syn: signboard, sign]

n 1: a board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot v 1: ride on a flat board with rollers attached to the bottom

n 1: a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders"; "a veritable smorgasbord of religions" [syn: assortment, mixture, mixed bag, miscellany, miscellanea, variety, salmagundi, smorgasbord, potpourri, motley] 2: an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal

n 1: (music) resonator consisting of a thin board whose vibrations reinforce the sound of the instrument [syn: sounding board, soundboard]

n 1: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard] 2: protective covering consisting of a panel to protect people from the splashing water or mud etc. [syn: splashboard, splasher, dashboard]

n 1: a flexible board for jumping upward 2: a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" [syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]

adj 1: located on the right side of a ship or aircraft n 1: the right side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [ant: larboard, port] v 1: turn to the right, of helms or rudders

n 1: a coarse yellow cardboard made of straw pulp

n 1: a narrow buoyant board for riding surf v 1: ride the waves of the sea with a surfboard; "Californians love to surf" [syn: surfboard, surf]

n 1: telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords [syn: switchboard, patchboard, plugboard]

n 1: a short sleeveless outer tunic emblazoned with a coat of arms; worn by a knight over his armor or by a herald

n 1: a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading [syn: tailgate, tailboard]

n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end [syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]

n 1: device consisting of a corrugated surface to scrub clothes on 2: protective covering consisting of a broad plank along a gunwale to keep water from splashing over the side [syn: washboard, splashboard]

n 1: a long thin board with one edge thicker than the other; used as siding by lapping one board over the board below [syn: clapboard, weatherboard, weatherboarding] 2: the side toward the wind [syn: to windward, windward side, weatherboard, weather side]

n 1: English organist and composer of church music; master of 16th century polyphony; was granted a monopoly in music printing with Thomas Tallis (1543-1623) [syn: Byrd, William Byrd] 2: explorer and United States naval officer; led expeditions to explore Antarctica (1888-1957) [syn: Byrd, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Admiral Byrd]

n 1: a board that resembles a broad ski or a small surfboard; used in a standing position to slide down snow-covered slopes v 1: glide down a snow-covered slope while standing on a board; "The children love to snowboard in winter"

n 1: a board beside a kitchen sink and inclined to drain into the sink [syn: drainboard, draining board]

n 1: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside [syn: gangplank, gangboard, gangway]

adj 1: located on the left side of a ship or aircraft [syn: port, larboard] n 1: the left side of a ship or aircraft to someone who is aboard and facing the bow or nose [syn: larboard, port] [ant: starboard]

n 1: a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward [syn: centerboard, centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel]

n 1: a removable centerboard on a small sailboat that can be lowered into the water to serve as a keel

n 1: a game in which players use long sticks to shove wooden disks onto the scoring area marked on a smooth surface [syn: shuffleboard, shovelboard]

n 1: a member of a Germanic people who invaded northern Italy in the 6th century [syn: Lombard, Langobard]

n 1: telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords [syn: switchboard, patchboard, plugboard]