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back draught

back draught is the alternative form of backdraft.

Meaning of backdraft

Noun

backdraft (plural backdrafts)

  1. (US) Sudden, dangerous recombustion that occurs when there is a rapid reintroduction of oxygen to an enclosed space containing a fire.

Forms of back draught

pluralback draughts

Questions about back draught

What is back draught the alternative form of?
Back draught is the alternative form of backdraft.

Words near back draught in the dictionary

  1. back doors
  2. back double biceps
  3. back down
  4. back draft
  5. back drafts
  6. back draught
  7. back draughts
  8. back east
  9. back end
  10. back ends
  11. back engineering

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back draught (page history and authors); backdraft (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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