| boa | (noun) any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs | - |
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| (noun) a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur | Synonyms: feather boa |
| boar | (noun) an uncastrated male hog | - |
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| (noun) Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States | Synonyms: Sus scrofa, wild boar |
| board | (noun) a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose | - |
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| (noun) a table at which meals are served | Synonyms: dining table |
| (noun) electrical device consisting of a flat insulated surface that contains switches and dials and meters for controlling other electrical devices | Synonyms: control board, control panel, instrument panel, panel |
| (noun) a vertical surface on which information can be displayed to public view | Synonyms: display board, display panel |
| (noun) a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities | Synonyms: add-in, card, circuit board, circuit card, plug-in |
| (noun) a flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games | Synonyms: gameboard |
| (noun) food or meals in general | Synonyms: table |
| (noun) a committee having supervisory powers | - |
| (noun) a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes | Synonyms: plank |
| (verb) provide food and lodging (for) | - |
| (verb) lodge and take meals (at) | - |
| (verb) get on board of (trains, buses, ships, aircraft, etc.) | Synonyms: get on |
| (verb) live and take one's meals at or in | Synonyms: room |
| boarder | (noun) a tenant in someone's house | Synonyms: lodger, roomer |
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| (noun) a pupil who lives at school during term time | - |
| (noun) someone who forces their way aboard ship | - |
| boarding | (noun) the act of passengers and crew getting aboard a ship or aircraft | Synonyms: embarkation, embarkment |
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| (noun) a structure of boards | - |
| boardinghouse | (noun) a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests | Synonyms: boarding house |
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| boardroom | (noun) a room where a committee meets (such as the board of directors of a company) | Synonyms: council chamber |
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| boards | (noun) (used in the plural) the boarding that surrounds an ice hockey rink | - |
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| (noun) (used in the plural) the stage of a theater | - |
| boardwalk | (noun) a walkway made of wooden boards; usually at seaside | - |
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| boarfish | (noun) fish with a projecting snout | Synonyms: Capros aper |
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| (noun) fish with large eyes and long snouts | - |
| boarhound | (noun) large hound used in hunting wild boars | - |
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| boast | (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boasting, jactitation, self-praise |
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| (verb) show off | Synonyms: blow, bluster, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| (verb) wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner | Synonyms: feature, sport |
| boaster | (noun) a very boastful and talkative person | Synonyms: blowhard, braggart, bragger, line-shooter, vaunter |
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| boastful | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, crowing, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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| boastfully | (adverb) in a boastful manner | Synonyms: big, large, vauntingly |
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| boastfulness | (noun) outspoken conceit | Synonyms: vainglory |
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| boasting | (noun) speaking of yourself in superlatives | Synonyms: boast, jactitation, self-praise |
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| boat | (noun) a small vessel for travel on water | - |
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| (noun) a dish (often boat-shaped) for serving gravy or sauce | Synonyms: gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat |
| (verb) ride in a boat on water | - |
| boatbill | (noun) tropical American heron related to night herons | Synonyms: boat-billed heron, broadbill, Cochlearius cochlearius |
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| boatbuilder | (noun) a person who builds boats | - |
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| boater | (noun) a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | Synonyms: leghorn, Panama, Panama hat, sailor, skimmer, straw hat |
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| (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boatman, waterman |
| boathouse | (noun) a shed at the edge of a river or lake; used to store boats | - |
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| boating | (noun) water travel for pleasure | Synonyms: yachting |
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| boatload | (noun) the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car | Synonyms: carload, shipload |
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| boatman | (noun) someone who drives or rides in a boat | Synonyms: boater, waterman |
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| boatmanship | (noun) skill in handling boats | - |
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| boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun |
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| boatyard | (noun) a place where boats are built or maintained or stored | - |
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