backboard

/ˈbækˌbɔərd/
/ˈbækbɔd/
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Other forms: backboards

Definitions of backboard
  1. noun
    a board used to support the back of someone or something
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    type of:
    support
    any device that bears the weight of another thing
  2. noun
    a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
    “he banked the shot off the backboard”
    synonyms: basketball backboard
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    type of:
    game equipment
    equipment or apparatus used in playing a game
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