backboard
Collocations
4ADJ.
hard
VERB + BACKBOARD
attached, hole
BACKBOARD + NOUN
neckbrace
PREP.
on, with
Definitions
noun
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
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.
A spine board.
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc.
The L.B.S.C.R. favoured backboards for signals wherever these helped visibility. The Great Eastern also made extensive use of backboards.
verb
To place (a patient) on a spine board.
noun
The port or larboard side of a ship
And to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever.
But the gangplank was no longer in place. It had folded itself in half and clamped into storage position, becoming part of the starboard rail. Big Tom peered over the rail and saw nothing but sea. All around. Starboard, backboard, forward, aft.
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6The L.B.S.C.R. favoured backboards for signals wherever these helped visibility. The Great Eastern also made extensive use of backboards.
WiktionaryAnd to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever.
WiktionaryBut the gangplank was no longer in place. It had folded itself in half and clamped into storage position, becoming part of the starboard rail. Big Tom peered over the rail and saw nothing but sea. All
WiktionaryA few minutes later I came to and I was on a backboard with a neckbrace on being taken down the mountain by ski patrol.
Tatoeba · #12115804The basketball player dunked the ball so hard that the backboard shattered.
Tatoeba · #12378787The washstand had a small mirror attached to its backboard.
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