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back catalog

back catalog is the US spelling of back catalogue.

Meaning of back catalogue

Noun

back catalogue (plural back catalogues)

  1. (library science) A listing of all the works of a specific artist, or all the books, records, etc. of a specific publisher, including works that are no longer available.
    Synonyms:
    backlist
  2. (informal) The works themselves.
    • The packed opening night of Twain’s first UK tour since 2004 is an impressively barnstorming, thigh-slapping, eye-searing revue that marries her bulletproof back catalogue with a cautious sprinkle of new material.2018 September 20, Graeme Virtue, “Shania Twain review – barnstorming, thigh-slapping spectacular”, in The Guardian

Forms of back catalog

pluralback catalogs

Questions about back catalog

What is back catalog the US spelling of?
Back catalog is the US spelling of back catalogue.

Words near back catalog in the dictionary

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back catalog (page history and authors); back catalogue (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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