different between surfboard vs windboard

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

Alternative forms

• wind-board

Etymology

wind +? board

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?w?ndb??(?)d/

Noun

windboard (plural windboards)

1. A snowboard or surfboard with an attached sail
2. (climbing, skiing) The hard crust formed by high winds on exposed snow.
3. (agriculture) In a mechanical harvester, a board which shelters harvested grain and prevents it being blown away by the wind.

Related terms

• windboarder
• windboarding