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back nine

back nine noun: the final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.

Noun

back nine (plural back nines)

  1. The final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.
    Antonyms:
    front nine

Antonyms of back nine

Forms of back nine

pluralback nines

Questions about back nine

What does back nine mean?
Back nine means the final nine holes of the 18 holes that make up a golf course.
What part of speech is back nine?
Back nine is a noun.
What is the plural of back nine?
The plural of back nine is back nines.

Words near back nine in the dictionary

  1. back load
  2. back loads
  3. back marker
  4. back matter
  5. back mutation
  6. back nine
  7. back nines
  8. back number
  9. back numbers
  10. back o' beyond
  11. back o' Bourke

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