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back
  1. The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.
    1. The spine and associated tissues.
    2. (slang, uncountable) Large and attractive buttocks.
    3. (figuratively) The part of a piece of clothing which covers the back.
    4. The backrest, the part of a piece of furniture which receives the human back.
    5. (obsolete) That part of the body that bears clothing.
  2. That which is farthest away from the front.
    1. The side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side.
    2. The reverse side; the side that is not normally seen.
    3. Area behind, such as the backyard of a house.
    4. The part of something that goes last.
    5. (sports) In some team sports, a position behind most players on the team.
  3. (figuratively) Upper part of a natural object which is considered to resemble an animal's back.
  4. A support or resource in reserve.
  5. (nautical) The keel and keelson of a ship.
  6. (mining) The roof of a horizontal underground passage.
  7. (slang, uncountable) Effort, usually physical.
  8. Among leather dealers, one of the thickest and stoutest tanned hides.
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  10. Examples:
    1. “Unfortunately, you will need to head to the back of the queue like everyone else.”
      “My back was really sore after a strenuous day at work.”
      “There could even be room for a modest theme park at the back of the site, so family fun would be assured.”
backshot
  1. (chiefly sports) A shot that sends something backwards, such as a shot that sends the ball behind the player making it.
  2. A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to an earlier point along a path that is being measured with a compass.
  3. A shot in the back.
  4. (photography and cinematography) A shot taken from behind the subject.
backing
  1. Support, especially financial.
  2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.
  3. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer
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  5. Examples:
    1. “She would never have achieved her goals without the backing of her parents.”
      “He ran for office with the backing of several notable friends in the publishing world.”
      “These are specialist investors who provide financial backing to claimants they believe will be awarded damages in a legal dispute.”
backline
  1. (rugby) Collectively, the players known as backs, whose job it is to create and exploit space.
  2. (rugby) The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).
  3. Examples:
    1. “The Christ Church player, whose pace carried him behind the backline, stumbled as he stooped to finish, bumping the ball out.”
      “In the 80th minute of the match, England needed something special from their backline.”
      “The Kilkenny out-half managed to skip out of defence and release his backline who moved the ball quickly up field.”
backside
  1. The back side of anything, the part opposite its front, particularly:
    1. The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (Britain dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
    2. (euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
    3. (obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
  2. (figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The only you will get customers is if you get off your backside, commit, and follow through.”
      “Quaid, get your backside to Mars!”
      “Fletcher heads up the quarter pipe, with his feet in position for a normal backside kickturn.”
back
  1. A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.
  2. A ferryboat.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Unfortunately, you will need to head to the back of the queue like everyone else.”
      “My back was really sore after a strenuous day at work.”
      “There could even be room for a modest theme park at the back of the site, so family fun would be assured.”
backloading
  1. (transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for and used for the outward leg.
backscratcher
  1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “I do occasionally visit such shops but don't always remember that I want this backscratcher.”
      “With a bendable handle this backscratcher can reach the lower or upper part of the back with minimal effort.”
      “Neither defect seriously detracts from the looks of this backscratcher.”
backstabber
  1. A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “After arriving in Hollywood and giving a deserved comeuppance to a backstabber, he realizes that Tinsel Town is not the place he thought, and hoped, it would be.”
      “Fans had been waiting for months to unleash their anger, to call James a traitor and a backstabber and a fraud at close range.”
      “Would you mind being compared to Gollum, the slimy, bulged-eyed backstabber from JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings fantasy novels?”
backswimmer
  1. Any of various aquatic insects, of the family Notonectidae, that swim on their backs.
  2. Examples:
    1. “From time to time the backswimmer will surface to empty and refill these chambers with a fresh supply of air.”
      “Holding its pale back away from the sunlight makes the backswimmer harder for predators to spot.”
      “The grousewinged backswimmer, N. undulata, found in North America, can often be seen swimming under the ice during the winter.”
backsettler
  1. One living in the back or outlying districts of a community.
backie
  1. (colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
backer
  1. One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Which major backer would financially support a party that had no chance whatsoever of gaining political power?”
      “He has always been my biggest backer, supporting me through every challenge and cheering me on.”
      “The successful startup was able to secure a major backer, who provided substantial financial support for their expansion plans.”
backscratch
  1. A scratch on the back.
backstabbing
backs
backscratchers
  1. plural of backscratcher
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  3. Examples:
    1. “By taking care of freeloaders, backscratchers, old chums, businessmen and football tourists, your FA Cup Final ticketing policy is a Charter For Touts.”
      “Artisans fashion Powell's antlers into all sorts of products, everything from lavish chandeliers and coffee tables to simple backscratchers and toilet paper holders.”
backstabbings
backstabbers
  1. plural of backstabber
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Their branch of show business is depicted as hypocritical and peopled by two-faced backstabbers only really interested in themselves.”
      “To all you backstabbers, haters and bastards, I hope you die slowly and painfully!”
      “Despite being backstabbers and fiercely jealous of each other, I think of writers as an international guild.”
backsettlers
  1. plural of backsettler
backloadings
  1. plural of backloading
  2. Examples:
    1. “One State fauna authority believes that Australian fauna is smuggled out and backloadings of drugs are made.”
backswimmers
  1. plural of backswimmer
backscratches
  1. plural of backscratch
backshots
  1. plural of backshot
backsides
backlines
  1. plural of backline
backings
  1. plural of backing
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “This classily produced and coolly graceful set features chunky Hot Club rhythm-guitar backings, lazily driving blues and subtly underplayed Hammond organ breaks.”
      “Again, the crosslight is best designed to angle slightly upstage taking care not to produce shadows on backings.”
      “Veiny swaths of polyester resin rest on wooden backings, their texture by turns gelidly smooth or ulcerous, suggesting human hides or irregular spills of melting fat.”
backers
  1. plural of backer
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  3. Examples:
    1. “When they approached their angel backers for more money, the investors balked.”
      “She is struggling to frame herself as being different from her minority party backers by hopping into welfare mums.”
      “Many of his most loyal backers have now left the Commons and, at 65, his age is now an issue.”
backies
  1. plural of backie
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