springboard (redirected from Springboards)

spring·board  (sprngbôrd, -brd)

n.

1. Sports

a. A flexible board mounted on a fulcrum with one end secured, used by gymnasts to gain momentum, as in vaulting.

b. See diving board.

2. Something that helps to launch a career or activity.

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springboard

Noun

1. a flexible board used to gain height or momentum in diving or gymnastics

2. anything that makes it possible for an activity to begin: the meeting acted as a springboard for future negotiations

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	springboard - a flexible board for jumping upward board - a flat piece of material designed for a special purpose; "he nailed boards across the windows" diving board - a springboard from which swimmers can dive
	2.	springboard - a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" jumping-off point, point of departure commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations"

Translations

springboard [ˈsprɪŋbɔːd] n → trampolín m

springboard [ˈsprɪŋbɔːd] n → tremplin m

springboard [ˈsprɪŋbɔːd] spring n (Sport), (fig); Sprungbrett nt

springboard [ˈsprɪŋbɔːd] n → trampolino