About The Word Backboard
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Backboard
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What's The Definition Of Backboard?
[n] a board used to support the back of someone or something
[n] a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" Synonyms | Synonyms for Backboard: basketball backboard Related Terms | Find terms related to Backboard: See Also | game equipment | support Backboard In Webster's Dictionary \Back"board`\, n. [2nd back, n. + board.]
1. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
Note: specifically, the board athwart the after part of a
boat.
2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a
wagon.
3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures,
mirrors, etc.
4. A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent
the water from running off the floats or paddies into the
interior of the wheel. --W. Nicholson.
5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the
figure. --Thackeray.
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