backboard: Meaning and Definition of

back•board

Pronunciation: (bak'bôrd", -bōrd"), [key]
— n.
  1. a board placed at or forming the back of anything.
  2. a board or other flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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