diving board
Americannoun
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diving boards
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of diving board
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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It’s been a success, despite one 300-pounder busting through the net around his basketball court and the diving board caving under the strain of a back-flip competition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He sets down his white cane and secures the tail of his board on the pool’s rim with one foot, the rest of the board hanging in the air, like a mini diving board.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
For him, finding the diving board at an early age was salvation.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2024
This felt, he reported, “like hanging horizontally on belts, as if in a suspended state,” a circumstance passingly familiar to anyone who has been on a roller coaster or jumped off a diving board.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
A third tumbler containing pieces of soft fruit stood poised at the end of the diving board.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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