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back block

back block is the alternative form of backblock.

Meaning of backblock

Noun

backblock (plural backblocks)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, plural-normally) A remote tract of land in the interior; hence (in plural) sparsely populated country far from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.
    • Near-synonyms: upcountry, interior, hinterland
  2. (Australia, excessive, informal, plural-normally) The most distally outlying suburb among a set of suburbs.
  3. Land behind which fronts on water; land without a permanent watercourse.

Forms of back block

pluralback blocks

Questions about back block

What is back block the alternative form of?
Back block is the alternative form of backblock.

Words near back block in the dictionary

  1. back beats
  2. back bench
  3. back benches
  4. back biter
  5. back biters
  6. back block
  7. back blocks
  8. back board
  9. back boards
  10. back boiler
  11. back boilers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back block (page history and authors); backblock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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