springboards
Flexible jumping planks
Springboards are flexible diving boards that bend and rebound, propelling swimmers or gymnasts into the air.
The singular springboard extends to anything that launches further action or achievement: Her internship served as a springboard to a full-time position.
To springboard is to use something as a launching point: He springboarded off his early success into a media career.
Raised flat structure
- bounceSpring back after impact
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- poolCollective fund or basin
- plungeSudden steep descent
takeoff · flip · somersault · competitive · Olympics · diver · flexible · height
Agent enabling change
- impetusForce initiating action
- starting pointPlace of commencement
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- stepping stoneIntermediate stage toward goal
boost · platform · opportunity · gateway · beginning · stimulus · base · trigger
Secure storage chamber
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- trampolineSpring-mounted bouncing surface
- reboundReturn after deflection
gymnast · propulsion · mount · dismount · routine · floor · aerial · competition
platform
Raised flat structure
plunge · takeoff · flip · somersault · competitive · Olympics · diver · flexible · height · twist
catalyst
Agent enabling change
- impetusForce initiating action
- starting pointPlace of commencement
- foundationUnderlying support structure
stepping stone · boost · platform · opportunity · gateway · beginning · stimulus · base · trigger · initiative
vault
Secure storage chamber
- apparatusEquipment for a task
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- trampolineSpring-mounted bouncing surface
rebound · gymnast · propulsion · mount · dismount · routine · floor · aerial · competition · bounce
springboardsbrakes
Devices for stopping motion
obstacles · impediments · barriers · hindrances · roadblocks
springboardsconcrete slabs
Flat hardened cement pieces
stone blocks · solid ground · bedrock · steel plates · lead weights
springboardsdead ends
Routes with no exit
cul-de-sacs · glass ceilings · traps · pitfalls · setbacks