backboard

A noun referring to a raised vertical board with a basket attached, used in basketball, or a board used to support the back of someone or something.

• 🇪🇸Tablero vertical con una canasta en baloncesto, o superficie rígida que sirve de soporte para la espalda de una persona o de un objeto.

1. Basketball backboard B1 formal sport

   A raised vertical board with a basket attached, used in the game of basketball.

   • The player slammed the ball against the backboard.
   • The backboard is made of tempered glass or acrylic.
   • He aimed for the backboard to make the shot.

   🇪🇸Tablón de baloncesto

2. Support board B2 formal

   A board used to support the back of someone or something, such as a chair or a medical device.

   • The chair has a wooden backboard for extra support.
   • The paramedics used a backboard to immobilize the patient.
   • The backboard of the bookshelf was reinforced with metal.

   🇪🇸Tablero de soporte

• backboards plural form
• backboards' possessive plural form
• backboard's possessive singular form