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BACKBOARD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A board used to support the back of someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("backboard" is a kind of...):
support (any device that bears the weight of another thing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball
Example:
he banked the shot off the backboard
Synonyms:
backboard; basketball backboard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("backboard" is a kind of...):
game equipment (equipment or apparatus used in playing a game)
Domain category:
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
