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back gates

back gates is the plural of back gate.

Meaning of back gate

Noun

back gate (plural back gates)

  1. The gate at the back of a property, especially a residential property, often leading onto a lane.
    • All walked quietly through the garden, out at the little back gate, and began to climb the hill that lay between the house and river.1868–1869, Louisa M[ay] Alcott, chapter 13, in Little Women: […], (please specify |part=1 or 2), Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC

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What is back gates the plural of?
Back gates is the plural of back gate.

Words near back gates in the dictionary

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