Home › Words › F › foilboardfoilboardfoilboard means A surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water, causing the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.EtymologyFrom foil + board.nounA surfboard with a hydrofoil that extends below the board into the water, causing the board to leave the surface of the water at various speeds.verbTo surf using a foilboard.e.g.“For decades, kitesurfers and, more recently, their foilboarding descendants have turned up at Crissy Field, a scruffy crescent of sand at the foot of the historic Presidio of San Francisco.” — 2020 September 3, Guy Trebay, “Windjamming in the Bay”, in The New York Times:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hydrofoil 69% match — A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag. vs foilboard →funboarder 69% match — A surfer who rides a funboard. vs foilboard →floatboard 68% match — A board on the rim of an undershot water wheel on which the water acts and moves the wheel. vs foilboard →bilgeboard 67% match — A lifting foil used in a sailboat, which resembles a cross between a centerboard and a leeboard. vs foilboard →bodyboard 63% match — A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding. vs foilboard →aquaboard 62% match — A board, wider than a water ski but narrower than a surfboard, designed for water skiing with both feet on the same board. vs foilboard →funboard 62% match — A type of surfboard which is roughly in between a shortboard and a mini-mal. A funboard is a little longer than a shortboard and with wider and somewhat rounded nose and tail, making it easier to paddle but still having most of the performance of a shortboard. vs foilboard →sailboard 61% match — A recreational device consisting of a surfboard with a small sail on a flexible mast. vs foilboard →