back clipping

noun

a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.

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anchorite
a granular metamorphic rock.
a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
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Also called hind clipping.
Compare apocope, clipped form, fore clipping.

Words nearby back clipping

back burner, back burner, on a, back catalogue, back channel, back clearance, back clipping, back country, back dive, back door, back down, back electromotive force
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