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back matter

back matter noun: the parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.

Noun

back matter (uncountable)

  1. The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.
    • Meronyms: afterword, epilogue, outro, postscript; addendum, appendix, errata, glossary, supplement; index; bibliography; endnotes; author, colophon, postface
    Synonyms:
    end matter
    Antonyms:
    front matter

Synonyms of back matter

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Forms of back matter

alternative formbackmatter
alternative formback-matter

Questions about back matter

What does back matter mean?
Back matter means the parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text.
What part of speech is back matter?
Back matter is a noun.

Words near back matter in the dictionary

  1. back line
  2. back lines
  3. back load
  4. back loads
  5. back marker
  6. back matter
  7. back mutation
  8. back nine
  9. back nines
  10. back number
  11. back numbers

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