diving board

noun

: springboard sense 1

Examples of diving board in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In her place was the young girl who first stepped onto a diving board at a summer camp in Italy nearly 15 years ago. — Bella Armstrong, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

The pool includes a diving board, a feature that has become less uncommon in recent years. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026

The house, which sat on six acres of land, had eight fireplaces, a gazebo, a volleyball court, and a swimming pool with a diving board, and was surrounded by hyacinths, wisteria, and cherry trees. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

An afternoon at Barton Springs will feel just like childhood summers spent at the neighborhood pool or camp lake with locals swimming laps, kids cannonballing off the diving board, and lifeguards with their watchful eye. — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1891, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for diving board

• checkerboard
• clavichord
• fiberboard
• fibreboard
• fingerboard
• harpsichord
• motherboard
• notochord
• overboard
• overlord
• paperboard
• plasterboard

Kids Definition

diving board

noun

: a flexible board fastened at one end and used for diving into water