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Backboard

Definitions

1
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
2
A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
3
The port or larboard side of a ship
And to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever.
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port larboard leeboard

Word Origin

From back + board.

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1
The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
2
A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
3
The port or larboard side of a ship
And to delight in the fact that a hole on the backboard side means that you're safe because you're sitting on the starboard side seems to me to be less than clever.
Similar
port larboard leeboard

Word Origin

From back + board.

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