diving board

American  

noun

1. a springboard.

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diving board British  

noun

1. a platform or springboard from which swimmers may dive

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Etymology

Origin of diving board

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

For him, finding the diving board at an early age was salvation.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2024

Many recall the photograph of her wearing it on a diving board, which was re-created at the end of Episode 2.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2023

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

The cover of SZA’s latest album, “SOS,” finds the singer balanced on the end of a diving board, gazing into an endless blue sea.

From Washington Post • Feb. 28, 2023

You looked the way I feel when I’m at the end of the diving board with a long line behind me.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy