| n. | 1. | An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. |
| Noun | 1. | springboard - a flexible board for jumping upward |
| 2. | springboard - 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" Synonyms: jumping-off point, point of departure |