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back vowels

back vowels is the plural of back vowel.

Meaning of back vowel

Noun

back vowel (plural back vowels)

  1. Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
    Synonyms:
    dark vowel

Questions about back vowels

What is back vowels the plural of?
Back vowels is the plural of back vowel.

Words near back vowels in the dictionary

  1. back tooth
  2. back trail
  3. back up
  4. back up the truck
  5. back vowel
  6. back vowels
  7. back wall
  8. back walls
  9. back wash
  10. back washed
  11. back washes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: back vowels (page history and authors); back vowel (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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