springboard : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: springboard	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for springboard
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
springboard n a flexible board for jumping upward 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" Synonym(s): springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Springboard \Spring"board`\, n. An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.