boarding

[bawr-ding, bohr-] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ, ˈboʊr- /

VERB

embark on vehicle

Synonyms

STRONGEST

catch climb on enter get on hop on

STRONG

emplane entrain mount

WEAK

embus

Antonyms

WEAK

disembark get off leave turn out

VERB

provide food and sleeping quarters

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accommodate put up

STRONG

bed canton feed harbor house lodge quarter room

WEAK

care for let crash

Antonyms

STRONGEST

turn away

WEAK

disembark get off leave turn out

Example Sentences

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Landlords may soon find it more practical to sell their rental properties and open pet boarding hotels instead.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Richard Nixon left the White House via the South Lawn after announcing his resignation in 1974 in the culmination of the Watergate scandal, boarding a military helicopter and giving his trademark double victory sign.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

The mutual distrust was underscored when US officials made staffers and media, including an AFP reporter, boarding Air Force One hand over all badges and pins given to them by the Chinese side.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Harry’s aunt and uncle have been preventing such dispatches from reaching the young wizard-to-be, but the boarding school’s messenger owls are having none of it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

“We are considering sending Lucy to another school next year. It’s a sort of boarding school, and I need to know if she can handle it. In your honest opinion.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty