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backboard

[ bak-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

  1. a board placed at or forming the back of anything.
  2. Basketball. a board or other flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.


backboard

/ ˈbækˌbɔːd /

noun

  1. a board that is placed behind something to form or support its back
  2. a board worn to straighten or support the back, as after surgery
  3. (in basketball) a flat upright surface supported on a high frame, under which the basket is attached


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Word History and Origins

Origin of backboard1

First recorded in 1755–65; back 1 + board

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Example Sentences

Ramos was still showing no signs of life when they got him on a backboard and into the ambulance.

One of the men jumped down, and fumbled at the iron pins which kept the backboard of the cart in its place.

Aid with two well-directed taps he knocked the pins out of their sockets, and let down the backboard of the cart.

Just off an old drain I found an overturned wagon with a loophole cut through the backboard.

And the men let down the backboard, and they put in all their things: all their poles and the bars and the shovel.

Oftener a plank of wood was cut into the desired shape as a frame or mould, and fastened to a heavy backboard.

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