boarding

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dɪŋ

Verb

boarding

  1. present participle of board

Noun

boarding (countable and uncountable, plural boardings)

  1. the act of people getting aboard a ship or aircraft; embarkation
    • 2000, Peter Gregory Furth, Data Analysis for Bus Planning and Monitoring, page 24:
      Load profiles are a standard analysis tool showing passenger activity (boardings, alightings) and passenger load at each stop along a route in a single direction.
  2. the act of a sailor or boarding party attacking an enemy ship by boarding it
  3. a structure made of boards
  4. riding a skateboard
  5. (ice hockey) a penalty called for pushing into the boards

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