backboard in Irish
backboard in Irish is cúlchlár — backboard means the flat vertical panel behind a basketball hoop that the ball can bounce off.
backboard in Irish
cúlchlár
(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
What does "backboard" mean?
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noun The flat vertical panel behind a basketball hoop that the ball can bounce off.
"The shot bounced off the backboard and dropped in."
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noun A rigid board used to immobilize and carry an injured person.
"Paramedics strapped him to a backboard before moving him."
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verb To secure an injured patient onto a spine board.
"The crew backboarded the crash victim before lifting him into the ambulance."
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backboard in a sentence
- The shot bounced off the backboard and dropped in.
- Paramedics strapped him to a backboard before moving him.
- The crew backboarded the crash victim before lifting him into the ambulance.
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What is "backboard" in Irish?
"backboard" in Irish is cúlchlár. backboard means: The flat vertical panel behind a basketball hoop that the ball can bounce off.
How do you use "backboard" in a sentence?
Example: "The shot bounced off the backboard and dropped in." In Irish, "backboard" is cúlchlár.
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