SPRINGBOARD

springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure

(noun) 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”

springboard

(noun) a flexible board for jumping upward

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

springboard (plural springboards)

A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.

(gymnastics) A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.

(figuratively) Anything that gives a person or thing energy or impulse, or that serves to launch or begin something.

Verb

springboard (third-person singular simple present springboards, present participle springboarding, simple past and past participle springboarded)

(transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office.

Source: Wiktionary

Spring"board`, n.

Definition: An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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