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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

/ ˈ²úæ°ìËŒ²úɔ˻å /

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of backboard1

First recorded in 1755–65; back 1 + board
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Example Sentences

He could pick teacups off the top of the backboard.

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Or, they could lurk around the backboard, as president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman likes to say, in case his market develops differently than expected.

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Lue wanted a better effort on the backboards, which the Clippers did by collecting 41 rebounds to match Utah’s total.

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And Austin Reaves, standing wide open in the corner, shot a three that hit the side of the backboard.

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Maybe I shouldn’t have: My first five were airballs before I finally hit the backboard.

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