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springboard

[ spring-bawrd, -bohrd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
a flexible board used as a takeoff in vaulting, tumbling, etc., to increase the height of leaps.
something that supplies the impetus or conditions for a beginning, change, or progress; a point of departure:
a lecture to serve as a springboard for a series of seminars.

springboard

/ ˈsprɪŋˌbɔːd /

a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving
a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics
a board inserted into the trunk of a tree at some height above the ground on which a lumberjack stands to chop down the tree
anything that serves as a point of departure or initiation

First recorded in 1865–70; spring + board

ABC had effectively removed the launching coil on its Modern Family springboard.

Marie Claire editor in chief Anne Fulenwider said she has no comment about Mam using her magazine as a springboard for redemption.

But, like a traditional shaman, Coltrane clearly believed that the drums served as a springboard to a higher order of engagement.

But sometimes heritage is an irrepressibly fascinating springboard for talent.

The D.C. Circuit has been their springboard for rear-guard actions against the administration, and they want to preserve it.

One after the other the boys ran up the springboard until only Jim and the stranger were left.

A log thrust up suddenly beneath Cottrells feet and threw him into the air as if he had been shot from a springboard.

I've always had a horror of being married for a living or for a home or as an experiment or a springboard.

She slid her forefeet a little way down the grassy side and went out over the water as if the bank had been a springboard.

Early in the performance a series of flying leaps from a springboard, in which all the acrobats took part, was introduced.

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