aboard
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
- on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle also: on board
- on first or second or third base Their second homer with Bob Allison aboard
- side by side also: alongside anchored close aboard another ship
- part of a group Bill's been aboard for three years now
aboard in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Two more chores aboard and his pay, fabulous pay, was earned.
Slay-Ride · Winston K. (Winston Kinney) Marks · Chapter 1
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Possibly there was something highly combustible aboard that might be used for a flare.
World of Mockery · Sam Moskowitz · Chapter 1
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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
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This will be touch and go, without having the worst enemy of space flight aboard.
Slow Burn · Henry Still · Chapter 1
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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