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aboard

adverb US /əˈbɔːrd/

on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

How often you will meet it

Rank 2,435 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 54,722 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.

What it means

adverb

  1. on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle also: on board
  2. on first or second or third base Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard
  3. side by side also: alongside anchored close aboard another ship
  4. part of a group Bill's been aboard for three years now

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

aboard in real books

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  • Two more chores aboard and his pay, fabulous pay, was earned.

    Slay-Ride · Winston K. (Winston Kinney) Marks · Chapter 1

  • Possibly there was something highly combustible aboard that might be used for a flare.

    World of Mockery · Sam Moskowitz · Chapter 1

  • Then, when the stuff is aboard, she’ll put out, but not till sun up.

    Ocean Tramps · H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) Stacpoole · Chapter 1

  • This will be touch and go, without having the worst enemy of space flight aboard.

    Slow Burn · Henry Still · Chapter 1

  • At the expiration of the above term, I shipped aboard of the brig Traveller, Capt. Thomas Wainer, for Kennebec, state of Maine.

    Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Paul Cuffe, a Pequot Indian · Paul Cuffe · Chapter 1

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