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
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.
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
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
