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springboard definition

spring·board (spriŋ′bôrd′)

noun

  1. a flexible, springy board used by acrobats, gymnasts, etc. as a takeoff in performing various feats of leaping
  2. diving board
  3. anything serving as the starting point or providing the impetus for something else

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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