backboard
IPA: bˈækbɔd
noun
- (basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
- (tennis) 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 rebounds.
- (medicine) A spine board.
- A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
- (nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
verb
- (medicine, transitive) To place (a patient) on a spine board.
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Examples of "backboard" in Sentences
- One of the only drawbacks of a glass backboard is the possibility of breakage.
- The backboard is in fact one of the most important parts of a basketball system.
- A regulation size backboard is 42″ x 72″, but glass backboards come in many different sizes.
- But, if you are looking for longer durability and more consistency, a glass backboard is the way to go.
- Though shattering a backboard is not the goal of a slam dunk, it is possible with enough force to shatter a glass backboard.
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