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A flat slab that became furniture, business power, and the thing you climb back to after wiping out.
word originOld English meaning both plank and table
room to ruleCorporate boards sit because directors once gathered at one table
room and boardBoard meant meals because food sat on a board
chess and surfSame word governs grandmasters and beach gods
overboardLiterally off the side of a ship's board