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back number

back number noun: a back issue of a magazine, etc.

Noun

back number (plural back numbers)

  1. A back issue of a magazine, etc.
    • Because of war conditions and rigid paper control, it is now impossible for us to keep supplies of recent back numbers.1941 December, “Back Numbers of "The Railway Magazine"”, in Railway Magazine, page 574
    Synonyms:
    back issue
  2. Anything considered old-fashioned.
    Synonyms:
    has-been

back number meaning in Tamil

back number in Tamil

நாட்கடந்த பத்திரிகை இதழ், ஒதுக்கப்பட்டது, ஒதுக்கப்பட்டவர், காலத்திற்கு ஒவ்வாதவர்

Synonyms of back number

Forms of back number

pluralback numbers

Questions about back number

What does back number mean?
Back number means a back issue of a magazine, etc.
What is back number in Tamil?
Back number in Tamil is நாட்கடந்த பத்திரிகை இதழ், ஒதுக்கப்பட்டது, ஒதுக்கப்பட்டவர். See Back number meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is back number?
Back number is a noun.
What is the plural of back number?
The plural of back number is back numbers.

Words near back number in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back number (page history and authors); back number (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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