BOARDING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft

Synonyms:

boarding; embarkation; embarkment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("boarding" is a kind of...):

departure; going; going away; leaving (the act of departing)

Meaning:

A structure of boards

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("boarding" is a kind of...):

construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "boarding"):

boards ((used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink)

flashboard; flashboarding (boarding place along the top of a dam to increase its height)

-ing form of the verb board