Associations to the word «Backboard»
Noun
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Wiktionary
BACKBOARD, noun. (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
BACKBOARD, noun. (tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it. Designed to practice hitting against such that the ball bounces back.
BACKBOARD, noun. (medicine) (first aid) A spine board.
Dictionary definition
BACKBOARD, noun. A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard".
BACKBOARD, noun. A board used to support the back of someone or something.
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.