backboard

backboard
noun Date: 1761 1. a board placed at or serving as the back of something; especially a rounded or rectangular board behind the basket on a basketball court which serves to keep missed shots from going out-of-bounds and from which the ball can be made to rebound into the basket 2. a stiff board on which an injured person and especially one with neck or spinal injuries is placed and immobilized in order to prevent further injury during transport

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Backboard — Back board , n. [2d back, n. + board.] [1913 Webster] 1. A board which supports the back when one is sitting; specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat. [1913 Webster] 2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • backboard — [bak′bôrd΄] n. 1. a board that forms or supports the back of something ☆ 2. Basketball a flat, rigid piece of material, often glass and usually rectangular, to which the basket is attached …   English World dictionary

  • backboard — UK [ˈbækˌbɔː(r)d] / US [ˈbækˌbɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms backboard : singular backboard plural backboards in basketball, the board behind the basket (= net) …   English dictionary

  • backboard — /bak bawrd , bohrd /, n. 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. [1755 65; BACK1 + BOARD] * * * …   Universalium

  • backboard — noun a) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. b) 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 …   Wiktionary

  • backboard — back·board .bȯrd n a stiff board on which an injured person and esp. one with neck or spinal injuries is placed and immobilized in order to prevent further injury during transport …   Medical dictionary

  • backboard — back|board [ˈbækbo:d US bo:rd] n the board behind the basket in the game of ↑basketball …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • backboard — back|board [ bæk,bɔrd ] noun count in basketball, the board behind the BASKET (=net) …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • backboard — n. board to which a net is attached (used in the game of basketball) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • backboard — noun 1》 a board used to support or straighten a person s back, especially after an accident. 2》 Basketball an upright board behind the basket, off which the ball may rebound …   English new terms dictionary

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