the boards

plural noun

US
: the low wooden wall that surrounds the playing surface in ice hockey
He crashed into the boards.

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During the game, a player got hit hard and slammed into the boards. Susanne Biro, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 Then the boards and various components, such as microchips and aluminum capacitors, are shuffled onto a large, pink sorting machine. Eshe Nelson, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025

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“The boards.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20boards. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.

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