unboard

English

Etymology

un- +‎ board

Pronunciation

Homophone: unbored

Verb

unboard (third-person singular simple present unboards, present participle unboarding, simple past and past participle unboarded)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To leave a passenger vehicle such as a train or ship; to disembark.
2. To remove boards from.
   • 2024 March 6, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 26:

     Bitterne: The Railway Heritage Trust has made a second grant, this time for £25,466, for station restoration works. The money will be spent on unboarding and restoring the windows, and on preserving historic paint details.

Synonyms

• offboard

Anagrams

• Borunda