backboard

Meaning

Noun

1. The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
2. 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.
3. A spine board.
4. A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, behind a signal, etc.

Verb

To place (a patient) on a spine board.

Opposite of

starboard

Synonyms

basketball backboard

bay

bed plate

board

ledger

📒

mat

pallet

panel

seating

soleplate

bottom plate

solepiece

subplate

tailboard

underplate

spinal board

backing plate

support plate

base surface

floor slab

foundation plate

back plane

back plate

bottom board

floor plate

main base

negative matrix

back board

bottom plating

back sheet

backing sheet

feeder floor

chassis base

housing shoe

base plate

plate sole

Translations

tabela

tauler

لوح نقالة

ταμπλό

panneau

bande de fond de piste

plan dur

planche Olivier

brancard rigide

espaldar

respaldo

tablero

camilla rígida

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: bæcbord

Cognate with French: bâbord

Cognate with Scots: backburd

Cognate with Old Norse: bakborði

Cognate with Western Frisian: bakboard

Cognate with German: Backbord

Cognate with Danish: bagbord

In summary

From back + board.