Meaning & use
airboarding
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Meaning
noununcountablesport
The sport of sliding headfirst, lying on your front, down a snowy slope on an inflatable board.
Grammar: Uncountable sport name: airboarding is fun, not an airboarding.
Patterns
- go airboarding
We tried airboarding on the last day of our ski trip.
Airboarding is easier to learn than skiing.
The resort rents equipment for airboarding.
Common combinations
- go airboarding
- Let's go airboarding after lunch.
- airboarding session
- The airboarding session lasted two hours.
- airboarding track
- An airboarding track was set up beside the lift.
- try airboarding
- Many beginners try airboarding for the thrill.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sledding
- Sledding means sliding on a sled, usually sitting up, whereas airboarding means lying on an inflatable.
- tobogganing
- Tobogganing is the British word for riding a rigid sled, which differs from the inflatable board used in airboarding.
- snowboarding
- Snowboarding means standing on a board, but airboarding is done lying down on an air-filled one.
Word family
- airboard noun
- the inflatable board used in the sport
- airboard verb
- to ride such a board
- airboarder noun
- a person who airboards
Commonly confused: airboarding or snowboarding?
airboarding vs snowboarding
Snowboarding uses a rigid board and a standing position, while airboarding uses an inflatable board and a lying position.
Practice
At the ski resort, the kids tried ______, sliding headfirst down the slope on inflatable boards.
Choose one answer.
Airboarding means riding an inflatable board down snow. Windsurfing, skydiving and rock climbing do not involve snow or inflatables.
Make it your own
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