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Back"board` (?), n. [2nd back, n. + board.]
1. A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;specifically, the board athwart the after part of a boat.
2. A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
3. A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
4. A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel. W. Nicholson.
5. A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure. Thackeray.


The noun has 2 senses

1. backboard -- a board used to support the back of someone or something
2. backboard, basketball_backboard -- a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard"

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