Definition of Diving board

1. Noun. A springboard from which swimmers can dive.

Specialized synonyms: Highboard
Generic synonyms: Springboard

Definition of Diving board

1. Noun. A springboard used for diving into water. ¹

2. Noun. A diving platform. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diving Board

divines
divinest
diving
diving-bell
diving-bells
diving-board
diving-boards
diving-petrel
diving-suit
diving beetle
diving beetles
diving bell
diving bell spider
diving bell spiders
diving bells
diving board
diving boards
diving dress
diving duck
diving ducks
diving event
diving goiter
diving header
diving in
diving knife
diving mask
diving masks
diving petrel
diving platform
diving reflex

Literary usage of Diving board

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Besides these are the jack knife limits which are similar lines, 6 ft. from the end of the diving board, crossing the curb and extending a short distance ..."

2. The Practical Teacher by Joseph Hughes (1883)
"After a lesson or two how that long elastic plank and diving board will vibrate as the lithe, happy forms run and leap into the lake. ..."

3. Swimming by Archibald Sinclair, William Henry (1893)
"A run of from twenty to thirty feet is made, when the end of the diving-board is neared a jump is taken, and the body shoots up into the air. ..."

4. The Boy Scouts' Year Book by Boy Scouts of America (1917)
"Hand-springing from the Board What would a swimming-hole be without a good diving board? A particularly good stunt to try from the diving board is the ..."

5. Through Egypt in War-time by Martin Shaw Briggs (1918)
"Just below his marquee was a fine diving-board. Across the lake one could see the groves of palms and pines in which Ismailia lay, and farther away the bare ..."

6. The Abba Transition by Christopher Waters (2006)
"Finally, he asked if he could jump off the diving board too. ... I swam to the deep end just under the diving board as Sean walked out to its edge. ..."

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