- pronunciation:
bord
- parts of speech:
- preposition, adverb
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
preposition |
| definition: |
When you get aboard an airplane, boat, or train, it means that you get onto it to travel somewhere.
You must get aboard the train now, or it will leave without you. |
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| part of speech: |
adverb |
| definition: |
When you are aboard, it means that you are on something that travels, such as a boat, plane, or train.
A hundred passengers were aboard the airplane.The boat leaves at two o'clock, so we have to be aboard by then. |
The word aboard
contains the following part:
a-2
Old English
prefix
that means
on
Example words: