Springboard

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Springboard \Spring"board`\ (-b[=o]rd`), n.
     An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often
     by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or
     in exercising.
     [1913 Webster] Springbok



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  springboard
       n 1: a flexible board for jumping upward
       2: 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" [syn: {jumping-off point}, {point
          of departure}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "springboard":
     Lastex, baleen, battledore, chewing gum, elastic, elastomer, gum,
     gum elastic, handball, jumping jack, racket, rubber, rubber ball,
     rubber band, spandex, spring, stretch fabric, trampoline,
     whalebone