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Meanings of backboard in English

Portuguese
tabela
Catalan
tauler
Spanish
tablero

A raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball.

        tabela

        Wall to allow tennis practice alone.

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              Examples for "basketball backboard"
              Examples for "basketball backboard"
              1
              It belonged to a basketball backboard, and beyond it sat a picnic table.
              Walking dead
              2
              Basketball backboards piped down from the high-arched ceiling beams, rimless and blank.
              The marrowbone marble company
              3
              Worse yet were the bombs, wired to the basketball backboards, over the locked and chained doors.
              Hostile intent
              Usage of backboard in English
              1
              It hit the backboard- atriumphfor me!-butdidn't come near the basket.
              Be Careful What You Wish For...
              2
              We won the battle on the backboard, which was a big emphasis.
              Reuters
              3
              The other constable helped him to let down the backboard of the cart.
              Colonel Thorndyke's Secret
              4
              Severity of occipital and lumbosacral pain was also significantly greater during backboard immobilization.
              Pubmed
              5
              Dragic's game-winning attempt from 3-point range bounced off the side of the backboard.
              Reuters
              6
              It belonged to a basketball backboard, and beyond it sat a picnic table.
              Walking dead
              7
              After the shot was released, the ball nicked the backboard before going in.
              Reuters
              8
              I got off the backboard, onto my feet, and picked up the gun.
              Changes
              9
              The head bounced off the backboard, but completely missed the rim and net.
              The Child Thief
              10
              The start of the game was delayed an hour due to a shattered backboard.
              Reuters
              11
              Anthony wound up firing a long 3-pointer off the backboard as the game ended.
              Reuters
              12
              The 25-year-old was strapped to a backboard and taken off.
              The Irish Times
              13
              Guys on him played great defense, but I think he hit one backboard shot.
              Reuters
              14
              I wasn't very happy about being put on a backboard.
              The devil's closet
              15
              He was strapped to a backboard and had regained consciousness.
              The athena project: a thriller
              16
              They joined in and the three of them flattened me to the backboard again.
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              Translations for backboard
              Portuguese
              tabela
              Catalan
              tauler
              Spanish
              tablero
              Backboard through the time
              Backboard across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common