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outback

[noun out-bak; adjective, adverb out-bak]Australian
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noun
  1. (sometimes initial capital letter) the back country or remote settlements; the bush (usually preceded by the).
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adjective
  1. of, relating to, or located in the back country: outback settlements.
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adverb
  1. in or to the back country: They moved outback many years ago.
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Origin of outback

First recorded in 1875–80; out + back2
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Related Words for out back

backcountry, outback, wilderness, jungle, wasteland, desert, forest, province, boondocks, frontier, isolation, woodland, hinterland, interior, timberland, bush, wild, waste, barrens
British Dictionary definitions for out back

outback

noun
    1. the remote bush country of Australia
    2. (as modifier)outback life
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Word Origin and History for out back

outback

n.

"back-country, interior regions of Australia," 1907, Australian English, originally an adverb, "out in the back settlements" (1878), from out + back (adv.).

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Idioms and Phrases with out back

out back

see under out front.

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