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Noun: backboard  'bak,bord
  1. (basketball) a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
    "he banked the shot off the backboard";
    - basketball backboard
     
  2. A board used to support the back of someone or something
    "The paramedics carefully placed the injured hiker on a backboard"

Derived forms: backboards

Type of: game equipment, support

Encyclopedia: Backboard