backboard

As a noun backboard

is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

As a verb skate is

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As nouns the difference between backboard and background

is that backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached while background is one's social heritage; what one did in the past/previously.

As a verb background is

to put in a position that is not prominent.

As nouns the difference between spineboard and backboard

is that spineboard is while backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

As nouns the difference between backboard and packboard

is that backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached while packboard is a board worn on the back like a backpack for carrying goods while travelling.

As nouns the difference between backboard and buckboard

is that backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached while buckboard is a simple, distinctively american four-wheeled horse-pulled wagon designed for personal transport as well as for transporting animal fodder and domestic goods, often with a spring-mounted seat for the driver.

As nouns the difference between blackboard and backboard

is that blackboard is a large flat surface, finished with black slate or a similar material, that can be written upon with chalk and subsequently erased; a chalkboard while backboard is (basketball) the flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.

As a verb blackboard

is to use a blackboard to assist in an informal discussion.