springboard
Flexible jumping platform
A springboard is a flexible board used for diving or gymnastics, mounted so it bends under weight and propels the user upward.
The word extends figuratively to anything that launches further action or advancement: The internship served as a springboard to a full-time position.
To springboard is to use something as such a launching point.
Secure storage chamber
- trampolineSpring-mounted bouncing surface
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- dismountGet off something ridden
handstand · cartwheel · backflip · routine · spotting · acrobatics · aerial · flip
Flat timber piece
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- bounceSpring back after impact
- fulcrumLever's balance point
- apparatusEquipment for a task
surface · equipment · structure · base · deck · installation · jump · propel
Headfirst water entry
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- tuckFold into concealment
- pikeLong battlefield spear
- twistRotating motion or surprise
entry · splash · platform · competitive · synchronized · judging · pool · height
Rocket departure platform
- catalystAgent enabling change
- stepping-stoneInterim stage toward goal
- impetusForce initiating action
- foundationUnderlying support structure
gateway · opportunity · platform · boost · momentum · beginning · spark · trigger
vault
Secure storage chamber
- trampolineSpring-mounted bouncing surface
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- apparatusEquipment for a task
dismount · handstand · cartwheel · backflip · routine · spotting · acrobatics · aerial · flip · bounce
plank
Flat timber piece
apparatus · surface · equipment · structure · base · deck · installation · jump · propel · launch
dive
Headfirst water entry
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- tuckFold into concealment
- pikeLong battlefield spear
twist · entry · splash · platform · competitive · synchronized · judging · pool · height · launch
launchpad
Rocket departure platform
- catalystAgent enabling change
- stepping-stoneInterim stage toward goal
- impetusForce initiating action
foundation · gateway · opportunity · platform · boost · momentum · beginning · spark · trigger · kickstart
- diving boardstower
- divingscuba, scuba diving, dive mask, dive helmet, diving bells
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- advantagesedge, leverage, upper hand, leg up, head start
- Olympic equipmentjavelin, discus, shot put, barbell, balance beam
- pool activitieslap swimming, laps, pool laps, floating, treading water
springboardbrake
Device to slow motion
anchor · dead end · obstacle · barrier · impediment
springboarddead end
Passage without outlet
setback · barrier · glass ceiling · stumbling block · pitfall