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springboard

nounB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,281 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: springboards

A springboard is a flexible board that throws a diver into the air. Bounce on the springboard, springboard diving, off the springboard.

Olympic springboard diving is from three metres, and the height a diver reaches comes from the board rather than the legs. The figurative use is common: a springboard is anything that launches a career.

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Definitions of springboard

  1. 1nounspringboardA flexible board that throws a diver into the air.B2+

    “She bounced twice on the springboard and dived into the pool.”

springboard is a board.

Where it comes from

Spring plus board, from the board's springing action.

From spring + board.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Swimming & Diving

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springboard in the wild

  • A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type.

    Springboard

  • In 2015, Laugher won the overall title in the FINA Diving World Series for 3-metre springboard.

    Jack Laugher

  • The Men's 1 metre springboard competition at the 2017 World Championships was held on 14 and 16 July 2017.

    Diving at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 1 metre springboard

  • The Women's 1 metre springboard competition at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships was held on 29 June 2022.

    Diving at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 1 metre springboard

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