backboards
noun
Meaning
- 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 bounces back.
- (first aid) A spine board.
- A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
- The port or larboard side of a ship
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