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springboard 
  n 
1 a flexible board, usually projecting low over the water, used for diving 
2 a similar board used for gaining height or momentum in gymnastics 
3  (Austral. and N.Z.) a board inserted into the trunk of a tree at some height above the ground on which a lumberjack stands to chop down the tree 
4 anything that serves as a point of departure or initiation