springboard

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a flexible board for jumping upward

Definition categories: man–made, board

2. a beginning from which an enterprise is launched

- he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own

Definition categories: act, beginning, commencement, start

Sentences with springboard as a noun:

- The opportunity served a springboard to their success.

verb

1. (transitive) To launch or propel as if from a springboard.