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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
diving board
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Its wake bounces our little craft like a swimming pool float after a fat kid cannonballs off the diving board.
Wiktionary
diving board

alt. 1 A springboard used for diving into water. 2 A diving platform. n. 1 A springboard used for diving into water. 2 A diving platform.

WordNet
diving board

n. a springboard from which swimmers can dive

Wikipedia
Diving board

Diving board may refer to:

  • Springboard
  • Diving platform, referred to as a "tower" or sometimes "firm board"
  • The Diving Board, a 2013 album by Elton John

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Usage examples of "diving board".

The diving board used the same light-array system as American boats, Mancuso noticed.

Dennis looked down at his sneakers, stepped to the edge of the perch and was looking at the lower perch halfway down, the diving board below that and the tank you aimed for, the tiny circle of water so still the tank could be empty.

Every opening in the ship's hull was closed tight, the red circles on the diving board replaced now with red horizontal dashes.

I think, for just an instant, I saw him standing at the end of the diving board, smiling.

On the night we arrived I was almost sucked into the surf by a wave that hit while I was standing on the diving board, and the next day an even bigger one rolled over the pool and almost killed me.

A tall guy with shoulder-length hair does a backwards somersault off the diving board.

There was a chain lock on the gate, so I climbed over the fence and walked down to the deep end, where I located a dry spot under a tree near the diving board.

Then it was out the smooth path, trailing her tail feathers, and onto the Diving Board, a natural overhang that had been artificially extended with a concrete slab.

My father is standing naked on the diving board, his disbelieving eyes slowly taking in the presence of everyone he knows.

I told her all about the fight and the dive, except I told her the truth, even admitted I was scared to get back on that diving board.

Maybe we won't have to send anyone up after alL He's found the diving board.