different between surfboard vs bodyboard

English

Etymology

From surf +? board.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??f?b??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?f?b??d/

Noun

surfboard (plural surfboards)

1. A shaped waterproof plank, usually made of wood or foam and reinforced plastic, used to surf on waves.

Related terms

• funboard
• longboard
• shortboard
• soft surfboard
• surf
• surfer
• surfing
• wakeboard

Translations

See also

• fish
• foamie
• gun

Verb

surfboard (third-person singular simple present surfboards, present participle surfboarding, simple past and past participle surfboarded)

1. To use a surfboard; to surf.

Usage notes

• Not preferred by surfers, who would say "surf".
• Might be used to distinguish from body-surfing, riding waves without equipment.

Dutch

Alternative forms

• surfbord

Etymology

Borrowed from English surfboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?rf.b?rt/, /?s?rf.bo?rt/
• Hyphenation: surf?board

Noun

surfboard n (plural surfboards)

1. surfboard

English

Etymology

body +? board

Noun

bodyboard (plural bodyboards)

1. A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding.

Related terms

• bodyboarder
• bodyboarding

Translations

Verb

bodyboard (third-person singular simple present bodyboards, present participle bodyboarding, simple past and past participle bodyboarded)

1. To surf riding a bodyboard

Translations

Spanish

Etymology

From English bodyboard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bodi?bo?/, [bo.ð?i???o?]

Noun

bodyboard m (uncountable)

1. bodyboarding