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adverb
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on board; on, in, or into a ship, train, airplane, bus, etc.: to step aboard.
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alongside; to the side.
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Baseball. on base: a homer with two aboard.
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into a group as a new member: The office manager welcomed him aboard.
preposition
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on board of; on, in, or into: to come aboard a ship.
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Aboard
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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all aboard! (as a warning to passengers entering or planning to enter a train, bus, boat, etc., just before starting) Everyone get on!
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Example Sentences
- Hundreds of children were said to be aboard each vessel, singing as they set sail.
- As images of an encrusted torpedo tube flickered across video monitors aboard the.
- On the older buses, the engines rumble as the children climb aboard.
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Word Origin & History
aboard
late 15c., from O.Fr. à "on" + board "board," from Frank. *bord (see board); the "boarding" or sides of a vessel extended to the ship itself. The usual M.E. expression was within shippes borde. The call all aboard! as a warning to passengers is attested from 1838.
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