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What do you call a flexible diving platform? I just realized this, but in international competition the diving platform isn't always elastic and flexible, but I doubt they are called a diving platform since they protrude out of the platform. You can see four of them in the lower platforms. What are they called?
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What do you call a flexible diving platform? I just realized this, but in international competition the diving platform isn't always elastic and flexible, but I doubt they are called a diving platform since they protrude out of the platform. You can see four of them in the lower platforms. What are they called?
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What do you call a flexible diving platform? I just realized this, but in international competition the diving platform isn't always elastic and flexible, but I doubt they are called a diving platform since they protrude out of the platform. You can see four of them in the lower platforms. What are they called?
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What do you call a flexible diving platform? I just realized this, but in international competition the diving platform isn't always elastic and flexible, but I doubt they are called a diving platform since they protrude out of the platform. You can see four of them in the lower platforms. What are they called?
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They are called springboards (although they are sometimes just called diving boards):
springboard noun [ C ]
a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool or when doing gymnastics
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In American English, these "flexible diving platforms" are "diving boards".
A Bing image search shows that diving boards look like what the original poster had in mind.
If it is very clear from context that the object is used to dive into an artificial pool of water, the term can be shortened to "board".
The International Olympic Committee's website refers to these objects as "springboards".
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
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They are called springboards (although they are sometimes just called diving boards):
springboard noun [ C ]
a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool or when doing gymnastics
Cambridge Dictionary
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They are called springboards (although they are sometimes just called diving boards):
springboard noun [ C ]
a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool or when doing gymnastics
Cambridge Dictionary
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They are called springboards (although they are sometimes just called diving boards):
springboard noun [ C ]
a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool or when doing gymnastics
Cambridge Dictionary
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They are called springboards (although they are sometimes just called diving boards):
springboard noun [ C ]
a board that can bend, helping people to jump higher when jumping or diving into a swimming pool or when doing gymnastics
Cambridge Dictionary
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In American English, these "flexible diving platforms" are "diving boards".
A Bing image search shows that diving boards look like what the original poster had in mind.
If it is very clear from context that the object is used to dive into an artificial pool of water, the term can be shortened to "board".
The International Olympic Committee's website refers to these objects as "springboards".
answered 9 hours ago
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
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In American English, these "flexible diving platforms" are "diving boards".
A Bing image search shows that diving boards look like what the original poster had in mind.
If it is very clear from context that the object is used to dive into an artificial pool of water, the term can be shortened to "board".
The International Olympic Committee's website refers to these objects as "springboards".
answered 9 hours ago
JasperJasper
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
add a comment |
In American English, these "flexible diving platforms" are "diving boards".
A Bing image search shows that diving boards look like what the original poster had in mind.
If it is very clear from context that the object is used to dive into an artificial pool of water, the term can be shortened to "board".
The International Olympic Committee's website refers to these objects as "springboards".
answered 9 hours ago
JasperJasper
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In American English, these "flexible diving platforms" are "diving boards".
A Bing image search shows that diving boards look like what the original poster had in mind.
If it is very clear from context that the object is used to dive into an artificial pool of water, the term can be shortened to "board".
The International Olympic Committee's website refers to these objects as "springboards".
answered 9 hours ago
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
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Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
Surely the rigid ones are diving platforms whilst the flexible ones are springboards. They are all classified as diving boards
– Peter Jennings
4 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@PeterJennings -- My understanding of a "diving board" is consistent with Collins' "American English" definition: "a springboard projecting over a swimming pool, lake, etc., for use as a takeoff in diving". A "rigid platform" does not resemble a "board". A long-enough, thin-enough "board" of lumber is flexible. If your understanding is consistent with Collins' "British English" definition, please feel free to post an answer.
– Jasper
3 hours ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
@Jasper Collins, Cambridge, and Oxford (British English) dictionaries for "diving board" say "a board". Collins Advanced British English dictionary says "a platform or springboard". Collins Advanced American English says "a springboard". The British English consensus seems to be that a diving board is not a spring board. "Springboard" is defined as "a flexible board" not "a board". There are certainly non-competition-standard swimming pools in the UK with non-flexible "boards" which could not reasonably be called "platforms".
– alephzero
15 mins ago
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