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highboard

highboard noun: a diving board placed at a high elevation above a pool of water.

Noun

highboard (plural highboards)

  1. A diving board placed at a high elevation above a pool of water.
    • Helen Wainwright and Thelma Payne. In the highboard diving event, she took fifth place. ”1998, Chronicle of the Olympics, DK Pub, page 39
    • Him climb slowly to the top of the platform and step out on the twenty-foot highboard. I got a stomachache just seeing someone up that high. He smiled and waved.”1977, Lipsyte, Robert, One Fat Summer, Harper & Row, page 12
  2. A tall piece of furniture with cabinets or shelves.

Forms of highboard

pluralhighboards
alternative formhigh board

Questions about highboard

What does highboard mean?
Highboard means a diving board placed at a high elevation above a pool of water.
What part of speech is highboard?
Highboard is a noun.
What is the plural of highboard?
The plural of highboard is highboards.

Words near highboard in the dictionary

  1. highbies
  2. highbinder
  3. highbinders
  4. highbishop
  5. highbishops
  6. highboard
  7. highboards
  8. highborn
  9. highboy
  10. highboys
  11. highbred

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