boardings

Acts of embarking

Boardings is the plural of boarding, covering several related senses.

A boarding is an instance of getting onto a vehicle—plane, ship, or train: The airline reported 2.3 million boardings last month.

In hockey, boarding is the penalty for violently checking an opponent into the boards: He was called for two boardings in the first period.

Boardings can also refer to instances of covering surfaces with wooden planks.

transport

embarkation

Beginning a voyage

passenger · check-in · flight · airplane · train · bus · ferry · cruise · gangway · platform

construction

plywood

Engineered layered wood panels

panel · sheathing · cladding · siding · weatherboard · chipboard · particleboard · fiberboard · covering · nailing

nautical

ship

Seagoing transport vessel

pirate · naval · maritime · plank · raid · seize · crew · harbor · port · alongside

accommodation

lodging

Temporary place to stay

guesthouse · bed-and-breakfast · residence · quarters · rooming house · bunk · school · pupil · semester · term

Categories
Opposites
embarkation vs disembarkation

boardingsdisembarkations

Acts of leaving vessels

alightings · exits · departures · landings · debarkations

COVERING VS UNCOVERING (of openings)

boardingsopenings

Available positions or gaps

exposures · uncoverings · removals

hostile entry vs defense/retreat

boardingsrepulsions

Acts of driving away

retreats · defenses · withdrawals · abandonments · evacuations

Phrases
Family

boarding, skateboarding

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G