In plain English
It means the cost of staying there already covers the three main meals of the day. Those included meals are breakfast, lunch, and dinner for each day.
In context
Here, “Full board” indicates that the accommodation price for that package includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner each day.
- Situation
- Booking hotels, reading room and rate labels, checking in, and using amenities
- What it communicates
- labels a meal package on the resort booking page.
Meaning limits
By itself, the term only establishes inclusion of those three daily meals and does not specify any other included items.
Examples
“At the hotel, they booked full board, so breakfast, lunch, and dinner were included every day.”
“Their booking included full board for the whole week.”