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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a flexible board for jumping upward;

2. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched;
- Example: "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"
- Example: "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"
- Example: "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out"
[syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

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