Definition of Backboard in English :

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Backboard meaning in English

Meaning of Backboard in English

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Backboard pronunciation in English

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Backboard

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Noun

1. backboard, basketball backboard

a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball

Example Sentences:
'he banked the shot off the backboard'

2. backboard

a board used to support the back of someone or something

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Backboard

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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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Backboard

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noun
1. 
a board that forms or supports the back of something
2.  US, Basketball
a flat, rigid piece of material, often glass and usually rectangular, to which the basket is attached

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Backboard

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n.
1.
a. A board forming or placed at the back of something: mounted the photos on a backboard.
b. A board used to support an injured person's back, especially during transport.
2. Basketball The elevated vertical board or surface from which the basket projects.

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