1. a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; - Example: "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: backboard, basketball backboard]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
basketball backboard
n 1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play
basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn:
backboard, basketball backboard]